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faulty

UK/ˈfɒlti//ˈfɔlti/

faulty adjective: having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.

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

faulty meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

faulty in Hindi

त्रुटिपूर्ण

faulty in Tamil

குற்றமுள்ள, தவறான

faulty in Marathi

दोषपूर्ण

faulty in Urdu

غلطی پر, کھوٹا, مجرم, ناقص, زبوں
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faulty in Bengali
ত্রুটিপূর্ণ, ত্রুটিযুক্ত
faulty in Telugu
దోషపూరిత
faulty in Malayalam
ദോഷമുള്ള, വേണ്ടരീതിയിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കാത്ത, പൊട്ടിയ, തകർന്ന
faulty in Kannada
ದೋಷಪೂರ್ಣ, ಸದೋಷ, ತಪ್ಪಿನಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ, ನಿಂದನೀಯ
faulty in Odia
ଦୁଷ୍ଟ duṣṭa

Examples of faulty in a sentence

  • Many house fires are caused by faulty appliances, such as refrigerators, washing machines and dryers.
  • Take back faulty goods to the shop where you bought them.
  • The pilot quickly recovered from the power surge caused by the faulty fuel system.

All 40 example sentences with faulty

Antonyms of faulty

Forms of faulty

comparativefaultier
superlativefaultiest

Origin of faulty

From fault + -y.

Words formed from faulty

Words that rhyme with faulty

Questions about faulty

What does faulty mean?
Faulty means having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
What is faulty in Hindi?
Faulty in Hindi is त्रुटिपूर्ण. See Faulty meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is faulty?
Faulty is an adjective.
How do you pronounce faulty?
Faulty is pronounced /ˈfɒlti/ (UK).

Words near faulty in the dictionary

  1. faultlines
  2. faults
  3. faultsman
  4. faultsmen
  5. faultworthy
  6. faulty
  7. Faulx
  8. Faulxes
  9. faun
  10. fauna
  11. fauna and flora

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: faulty (page history and authors); faulty (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); faulty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); faulty (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); faulty (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); faulty (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); faulty (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); faulty (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); faulty (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଦୁଷ୍ଟ (Odia) (page history and authors). 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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