faulty[adjective]Synonyms: defective, broken, damaged, flawed, impaired, imperfect, incorrect, malfunctioning, out of order, unsound
Antonyms: faultless
Contrasted words: accurate, correct, exact, nice, precise, right, complete, entire, intact, perfect, whole, excellent, good, unflawed, unimpaired
Related Words: imprecise,
inaccurate,
inexact,
uncorrect,
deficient,
inadequate,
incomplete,
erroneous,
fallacious,
fallible,
specious,
wrong,
blemished,
damaged,
defaced,
disfigured,
marred [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
fault‧y /ˈfɔːlti $ ˈfɒːlti/
adjective [
Word Family: adjective:
faultless,
faulty;
verb:
fault;
noun:
fault;
adverb:
faultlessly]
1. not working properly, or not made correctly:
Customers may ask for a refund if the goods are faulty. a faulty gene that causes breast cancer2. a faulty way of thinking about something contains a mistake, so that you make a wrong decision
Antonym : correct:
an idea based on a faulty understanding of biology [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲