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faultier

faultier is the comparative form of faulty.

Meaning of faulty

Adjective

faulty (comparative faultier, superlative faultiest)

  1. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
    • They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
  2. (obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
    • Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Questions about faultier

What is faultier the comparative form of?
Faultier is the comparative form of faulty.

Words near faultier in the dictionary

  1. faultfindings
  2. faultfinds
  3. faultfound
  4. faultful
  5. faultfully
  6. faultier
  7. faultiest
  8. faultily
  9. faultiness
  10. faultinesses
  11. faulting

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