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faultiest

faultiest is the superlative 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 faultiest

What is faultiest the superlative form of?
Faultiest is the superlative form of faulty.

Words near faultiest in the dictionary

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

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