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at fault

at fault prepositional phrase: guilty, responsible, to blame.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Guilty, responsible, to blame.
    • Goalkeeper Mary Earps, wearing the armband in Bright's absence, was at fault for Beerensteyn's second goal as she allowed the ball to squeeze between her hands at the near post, after the Dutch striker had got the better of Carter and Lucy Bronze for her opener.2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, in BBC Sport
  2. Of hunting dogs: unable to find the scent.

at fault meaning in Malayalam

at fault in Malayalam

blameworthy, to blame, culpable
കുറ്റം ചെയ്ത, കുറ്റമുള്ള, കൃതാപരാധ, തെറ്റുചെയ്ത, ദൂഷണീയ, തെറ്റിന് ഉത്തരവാദിയായ

Questions about at fault

What does at fault mean?
At fault means guilty, responsible, to blame.
What is at fault in Malayalam?
At fault in Malayalam is കുറ്റം ചെയ്ത, കുറ്റമുള്ള, കൃതാപരാധ. See At fault meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is at fault?
At fault is a prepositional phrase.

Words near at fault in the dictionary

  1. at dark
  2. at death's door
  3. at each other's throats
  4. at ease
  5. at every turn
  6. at fault
  7. at first
  8. at first bluff
  9. at first blush
  10. at first glance
  11. at first hand

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Adapted from Wiktionary: at fault (page history and authors); at fault (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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