Definition of Flawed

1. Adjective. Having a blemish or flaw. "An irregular pair of jeans"

Exact synonyms: Blemished
Similar to: Imperfect

Definition of Flawed

1. Adjective. Having a flaw ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flawed

1. flaw [v] - See also: flaw

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flawed

flavourlessness
flavourous
flavours
flavoursome
flavourwise
flavoury
flavous
flavoutsomeness
flavoxanthin
flavoxate
flavoxate hydrochloride
flavus
flavylium
flavyliums
flaw
flawed (current term)
flawier
flawiest
flawing
flawless
flawlessly
flawlessness
flawlessnesses
flawn
flawns
flaws
flawtered
flawtering
flawters

Literary usage of Flawed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Collection of Acts and Records of Parliament: With Reports of Cases by Sir Henry Gwillim, Charles Ellis (1825)
"The defendant said, that the tithes of hops or wood belonged to ^~ the vicar; that he had several times peeled, barked, and flawed v. several alder-trees ..."

2. Hostile to Democracy: The Movement System and Political Repression in Uganda by Peter Bouckaert, Human Rights Watch (Organization, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"flawed Engagement and Conspicuous Silence The international community has been reluctant to call for democratic reform and respect for civil and political ..."

3. No Minor Matter: Children in Maryland's Jails by Michael Bochenek, Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1999)
"A flawed Response In response to the perceived increase in violent juvenile crime, between 1992 and 1998 at least forty states, including Maryland, ..."

4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1853)
"Illustrative examples were exhibited, and references made to various localities around Edinburgh, where the whole phenomena of flawed structure ..."

5. In Friendship's Nameby Volney Streamer by Volney Streamer (1899)
"... when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once ; it can never be trusted after. The more graceful and ornamental it ..."

6. NIST at 100: Foundations for Progressedited by Raymond G. Kammer edited by Raymond G. Kammer (2001)
"1 1 Q ;,,,.u..r,,^,,fi,, flawed Rivets May Have Sunk Titanic Since the sinking of the giant ocean liner Titanic in 1912, numerous theories have been ..."

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