faulty

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faulty

/ˈfɒlti/ UK
/ˈfɔːlti/ UK
/ˈfɔlti/ US
/ˈfɑlti/ cot caught merger
[ˈfɒːlti] Canada
/ˈfɔlte/ Scotland

Rhymes with -ɒlti, -ɔːlti

adjective faultier · faultiest

Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable. They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
obsolete At fault, to blame; guilty. Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.

Opposite: faultless

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: defective, inaccurate, imperfect, fault, defect, flawed, dysfunctional, malfunctioning, failure, failed, bad, deficient, inadequate, unsatisfactory, error, erroneous

adjective

Opposite: faultless

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adj having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable

Español	fallido, fallado
Français	défectueux
Deutsch	fehlerhaft, schadhaft
Italiano	difettoso, imperfetto, scorretto
Русский	неиспра́вный neisprávnyj, ло́жный lóžnyj

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@misc{faulty_2026,
  title = {faulty},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faulty},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}