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Definition of Faulty
1. Adjective. Having a defect. "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
2. Adjective. Characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules. "The wrong side of the road"
Definition of Faulty
1. a. Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.
Definition of Faulty
1. Adjective. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faulty
1. imperfect [adj FAULTIER, FAULTIEST] : FAULTILY [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faulty
Literary usage of Faulty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1922)
"Avoid subtle violations of good use, particularly (a) faulty idioms and (b) ...
A faulty idiom is an expression which, though correct in grammar and general ..."
2. American Police Systems by Raymond Blaine Fosdick (1920)
"faulty mechanism due to unnecessary functions.— faulty mechanism due to inadequate
leadership. THE organization of American police departments shows little ..."
3. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"M. The Idiocies and Imbecilities (Dependent upon faulty Development of the Brain)
Congenital feeble-mindedness is known in the milder cases as ..."
4. The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and by Joseph Addison, Richard Steele (1853)
"Great writers how faulty in this respect. Of the art of imagining in general.
The imagination capable of pain as well as pleasure. ..."
5. Forty-six Years in the Army by John McAllister Schofield (1897)
"... EXAMPLE OF THE WORKING OF A faulty SYSTEM. I ARRIVED at Knoxville, Tennessee,
on February 8, 1864, and the next day relieved General John G. Foster. ..."
6. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"Illustrations of the Gravity of Various Types of faulty Diets on Quality of
Milk.-—McCollum and Simmonds (15) have studied the effects on the rate of growth ..."
7. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood: For the Use of Students and by Luther Emmett Holt, John Howland (1911)
"DISEASES DUE TO faulty NUTRITION. THE diseases due to faulty nutrition are numerous.
There are two, however, which have been so clearly shown to originate ..."
8. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"Let England's priests have their due : they are a faulty set in some respects,
being only of common flesh and blood, like us all; but the land would be ..."
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