Past tense of fault
regular verb
The past tense of fault is faulted. The past participle is also faulted.
Forms of fault
| Base form (V1) | fault /fɔːlt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | faulted |
| Past participle (V3) | faulted |
| Present participle | faulting |
| Third person singular | faults /fɔːlts/ |
Faulted in a sentence
- The brilliant clarity of his argument could not be faulted.From the entry clarity
- It wouldn't have occurred to me, but Melissa always faulted my Jewdar.2011, Lawrence Douglas, The Vices, Other Press, →ISBN. From the entry Jewdar
- In very faulted seam zones unduly high power ontakes of the plough drives showed that the set values were already too high.1982, Glückauf: Volume 118, Issues 19-24. From the entry ontake
- Among them was Ryan Ferchaud, 37, a tourist from Memphis who mostly faulted groups of college students for what she said was their no-holds-barred attitude regarding the mayhem.2021 March 22, Neil Vigdor, Michael Majchrowicz, Azi Paybarah, “Miami Beach, Overwhelmed by Spring Break, Extends Emergency Curfew”, in…. From the entry no holds barred
- Some lunabase areas such as the floor of Petavius are faulted, which may reasonably be attributed to very thin, plastic lunabase cover over a brittle substratum.2014, Frederick I. Ordway, Advances in Space Science and Technology, page 42. From the entry lunabase
Meaning of fault
- noun Culpability; the responsibility for a blameworthy event.
- noun A failing of character; less severe than a vice.
- noun A characteristic, positive or negative or both, which increases one's risk of danger or difficulty.
Questions about the past tense of fault
- What is the past tense of fault?
- The past tense of fault is faulted.
- What is the past participle of fault?
- The past participle of fault is faulted.
- Is fault a regular or irregular verb?
- Fault is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fault (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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