Faulted

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of fault form-of, participle, past

    "The geology at the site is mainly sandstone and shale overlaid with boulder clay, and is extremely confused. The ground is badly faulted, and at Micklam [Point], near Whitehaven, there is a downthrow of 480 ft."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having experienced a page fault. not-comparable

    "When a page is read in, a few pages surrounding the faulted page are typically loaded as well in the same I/O operation in an effort to head off future page faults."

Synonyms

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blameblamedefectdemeritexcessivelymistake

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"What you are saying can't be faulted."

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