as in defective
having a fault
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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Richard Glossip, a longtime death row inmate, will get a new trial after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that the prosecutors withheld evidence and provided the jury with faulty testimony from a star witness.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
Gene therapies work by using a virus to install a new, healthy copy of a faulty gene into a patient's cells to help address the underlying problem.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Critics have worried that Musk’s team is operating off of faulty assumptions and online misinformation.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Moreover, the logic behind a move to privatize any portion is just faulty.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2025
Gene therapies work by using a virus to install a new, healthy copy of a faulty gene into a patient's cells to help address the underlying problem.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Critics have worried that Musk’s team is operating off of faulty assumptions and online misinformation.
—Andrew Ross Sorkin, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Moreover, the logic behind a move to privatize any portion is just faulty.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faulty. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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