Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.

    They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.

    I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.

    fehlerhaft, schadhaft

    неиспра́вныйneisprávnyj, ло́жныйlóžnyj

    несправнийnespravnyj, помилковийpomylkovyj

  2. (obsolete)At fault, to blame; guilty.

More definitions
  • characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules
  • having a defect

Examples

27 sentences
  1. Apparently, the brakes on the bus were faulty.

    ruОчевидно, в автобусе были неисправны тормоза. — marafon

  2. The errors apparent in his results are due more to carelessness than faulty procedures.

  3. The fluorescent light was faulty and flickered on and off intermittently.

    deDie Leuchtstofflampe war defekt und flackerte stoßweise an und wieder aus. — Yorwba

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · patgfisher · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem
  4. The absent party is not faulty.

  5. He never travels with faulty equipment.

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · Conjuice · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable:
Русский
By meaning 1
having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable:

Origin

From fault + -y.

From fault + -y.

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Forms

faultier, faultiest
Comparativefaultier Lesson
Superlativefaultiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules:incorrectwrong
  • having a defect:defective

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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