as in defective
having a fault
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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Recent Examples of faulty
And its outdated infrastructure and faulty distribution systems are blamed for power outages and even countrywide blackouts.
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Betsy Joles, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
The more significant issue with the WTO stems from the faulty assumptions on which it was founded.
—Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Plenty, and a faulty adapter could leave you on the hook for damage to both.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Revenue Lost To Delays And Recalls Absent or faulty SDS documentation delays shipments and triggers product pullbacks.
—Ihor Hamal, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
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Betsy Joles, NPR, 21 Aug. 2025
The more significant issue with the WTO stems from the faulty assumptions on which it was founded.
—Wally Adeyemo, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Plenty, and a faulty adapter could leave you on the hook for damage to both.
—Mark Phelan, Freep.com, 3 Aug. 2025
Revenue Lost To Delays And Recalls Absent or faulty SDS documentation delays shipments and triggers product pullbacks.
—Ihor Hamal, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for faulty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faulty
defective
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That leads estate planners to recommend to some clients an intentionally defective grantor trust (IDGT).—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The parts planning team, which uses a separate system with different data, mistakenly orders a big batch of the now defective parts before getting the update.—
Sean O'Neill,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faulty. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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