fault·y
fault·y/ˈfôltē/
adjective
working badly or unreliably because of imperfections.
"a car with faulty brakes"
synonyms: malfunctioning, broken, damaged, defective, not working, not functioning, in disrepair, out of order, out of commission, inoperative, unsound, unusable, useless, on the blink, on its last legs, kaput, bust, busted, conked out, acting/playing up, gone haywire, gone phut, done for, wonky, dud, knackered, duff, on the fritz
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What does it mean if something is faulty?
Something that's faulty is full of mistakes — it's wrong. Faulty logic often leads people to make terrible decisions, since they're based on an incorrect way of thinking. A faulty explanation is based on errors, and a faulty machine doesn't work the way it's supposed to.
What does get faulty mean?
not working correctly, or not correct: faulty brakes. His arguments were based on faulty reasoning.
What does the expression faulty mean?
If you describe someone's argument or reasoning as faulty, you mean that it is wrong or contains mistakes, usually because they have not been thinking in a logical way. Their interpretation was faulty–they had misinterpreted things. More Synonyms of faulty.
What is a synonym for the word faulty?
broken cracked damaged defective deficient erroneous false flawed imprecise inaccurate inadequate incomplete insufficient invalid leaky malfunctioning unreliable.
7 days ago · The meaning of FAULTY is marked by fault or defect : imperfect. How to use faulty in a sentence.
not working correctly, or not correct: faulty brakes. His arguments were based on faulty reasoning.
Faulty definition: having faults or defects; imperfect.. See examples of FAULTY used in a sentence.
faulty · adjective. having a defect. synonyms: defective · imperfect. not perfect; defective or inadequate · adjective. characterized by errors; not agreeing ...
1. adjective A faulty piece of equipment has something wrong with it and is not working properly. The money will be used to repair faulty equipment.
7 days ago · adjective. ˈfȯl-tē Definition of faulty. as in defective. having a fault the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the word faulty. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
having a mistake, fault, or weakness : imperfect. a faulty argument. a faulty design. The report is based on faulty [=inaccurate] statistics.
faulty · not perfect; not working or made correctly synonym defective. Ask for a refund if the goods are faulty. The retailers blamed faulty workmanship for ...
Adjective. faulty (comparative faultier, superlative faultiest) Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
