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
When the problem is faulty wound healing, any treatment that creates new wounds risks failing or worsening the problem.
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
When that area sends faulty messages to the body, uncontrollable movements called spasms can affect various muscles.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
The drug works by replacing the faulty OTOF gene, which is supposed to work by giving the body instructions to make a protein called otoferlin.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2026
When that area sends faulty messages to the body, uncontrollable movements called spasms can affect various muscles.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
The drug works by replacing the faulty OTOF gene, which is supposed to work by giving the body instructions to make a protein called otoferlin.
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 23 Apr. 2026
The subject of this engaging biography is the eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, who is often ridiculed as a faulty precursor to Darwin.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faulty
defective
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But something proved defective in his plan or mind, and as a result, no one was killed.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2026
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The footage shows Coyote hiring billboard accident lawyer Kevin Avery (Will Forte) and his legal team to sue the Acme corporation — represented by its slick corporate counsel, Buddy Crane (John Cena) — for its defective products.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faulty. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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