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Synonyms for faulty
ˈfɔl tifault·y
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
faulty
Synonyms:
bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, fallible, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthlessAntonyms:
absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled
Princeton's WordNet
defective, faultyadjective
having a defect
"I returned the appliance because it was defective"
faulty, incorrect, wrongadjective
characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
"he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"
Synonyms:
unseasonable, untimely, defective, awry(p), incorrect, improper, haywire, ill-timed, wrong(p), wrong, amiss(p)
Dictionary of English Synonymes
faultyadjective
faultyadjective
Synonyms:
blamable, culpable, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, worthy of censure
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#746 | short | |
#841 | bad | |
#1673 | wrong | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2593 | failed | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#8060 | incomplete | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#11273 | defective | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#13530 | improper | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#16930 | faulty | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#17335 | flawed | |
#17868 | corrupted | |
#18218 | ruined | |
#18910 | erroneous | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#28175 | perverted | |
#30944 | deformed | |
#37206 | untimely | |
#37666 | scant | |
#42006 | marred | |
#42060 | meager | |
#53689 | defaced | |
#54372 | malfunctioning | |
#80235 | fallible | |
#84964 | haywire | |
#111694 | blemished | |
#191277 | unseasonable |
How to use faulty in a sentence?
Although accident rates will theoretically fall, new risks will come with autonomous vehicles, what should be done in the case of a faulty software algorithm? Should manufacturers be required to monitor vehicles post-sale in the case of a malfunction or a hacker attack?
We will be allocating them based on the pace of administration as reported by states and by the size of the 65 and over population in each state, we're giving states two weeks' notice of this shift to give them the time necessary to plan and to improve their reporting if they think their data is faulty.
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
The current system allows for school administrators to run the show, so it’s guaranteed to deliver faulty results for the accuser and accusee.
Under the guise of academic research, this report is nothing short of an attack on those who exercised their personal freedom to attend Sturgis, predictably, some in the media breathlessly report on this non-peer reviewed model, built on incredibly faulty assumptions that do not reflect the actual facts and data.
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