Fault

/fɔːlt/

Synonyms for "fault" (437 found)

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Closest matches (88)

Noun(20 words)

break defect flaw fracture aberrations accuse atrociousness balk blame blaming blemishes bugs censure charge circuit condemn crack criticisms criticizecritique evidence

aberrancy aberration abuse abysm abyss accountability accountable accuse answerability answerable arroyoat faultatrocitybad habitbesetting sinbirthmark blackhead blame blameworthy bleb

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blemish blister blunder boner boo-boo boobbox canyonbreach break bug bullacall into questioncall to accountcanyoncarp atcatch cavity censure chap chasm check chimney chink cicatrix cleftclerical errorcleuch clough col comedo corrigendum coulee couloir crack cranny crater craze crevasse crevice crimecrime against humanitycriticize

Adjective(1 words)

bad

Verb(5 words)

blame blamedcause a problemcrack under pressurecriticizes

Strong matches (131)

culpability culpable cut cwmdeadly sindefacement defalcation default defect defection defectiveness deficiency defile deformation deformity delinquency dell delusion demerit dereliction

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deviancy deviation dike disadvantage disfiguration disfigurement disproportionately distortion ditch donga draw drawback enormity errancy erratum erroneousness error evil excavation exceedingly excessively extremely failing failure fallaciousness fallacy falseness falsity faultiness fautefaux pasfelonyfind faultfissure flaw flawedness flumefly in the ointmentfoible fracture frailty freckle furrow fuss gaffe gap gape gash gaucherie genocide goof gorge groove guilt guiltyguilty actgulch gulf gully hamartiaheavy sinhemangioma heresy heterodoxy hickey hole howlerhuman errorillusion immoderately imperfection

Noun(39 words)

culpabilitydata errordata irregularitydefect founddefects deficiencies demerit demeritsdesign flawdinging dingselectrical malfunctionengineering problemerrorerror countederrors exceptions failings faille failures

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faulting flaws flubbing flyspecks foibles footfault frailtiesgeological faultglitch glitchesgo awrygo wronggonk gremlin gremlins guiltiness ills imperfection imperfections

Verb(1 words)

glitching

Related words (218)

impropriety impugnin the extremeinadequacy incision indiscretioninexpiable sininfirmity iniquity injury injustice irrationally joint keloid kink kloof knock lapse leak lentigo

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liability liablelittle problemmalefaction malfeasance malum miliumminor wrongmisapplication misapprehension misbehavior miscalculation miscarriage misconception misconduct misconstruction miscount misdeal misdeed misdemeanor misdoing misfeasance misidentification misinterpretation misjudgment misplay misprint misquotation misreport miss misstatement mistake misunderstanding misuse moat molemoral flawmortal sinneedle scarnevus niggle nonfeasance notch nullah offence offense omission onus opening outrage overly oversight pass passage peccadillo peccancy perversionpick atpick onpimple pit pock pockmarkport-wine markport-wine stainproblem pustule ravine rent responsibility responsible rift rime rupture scab scar scissure scratch seamsebaceous cystself-contradiction shortcoming sinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actsinfulness slip slit slot snag solecismsomething missingsplitstrawberry marksty tainttake exception toto a faultto blametort track transgression trench trespass trip twist typotypographical errorunduly unorthodoxy unreasonably untrueness untruth untruthfulnessunutterable sinvalleyvenial sinverruca vesicle vice voidvulnerable placewadi wale warp wartweak linkweak pointweak sideweakness weal welt wen whitehead wrong wrongness

Noun(49 words)

inaccuracy incorrectness infelicities kelter knocks lameness limitation malfunction malfunctions mar misarrangement miscoordination misfire mishaps misplacement misplaying missteps mistakemore unsatisfactorymumpsimus

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negligence niggles nonfunction peccadilloesplanning errorportuguese erropreserve errorreject reproach responsibilityromanian defectselfishness shift shortcoming shortcomings sins snafusoftware bugsoftware crashsoftware glitchsoftware malfunctionsplit spluttersystem failuretechnology system failureterrible designunsoundness upsets vices

Verb(3 words)

leave in disarraymisbehave reproaching

Adjective(9 words)

logical errormajor irregularityminor blemishnegligpoor qualityprocedural lapseserious irregularityserious issuestructural deformation

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

27 entries

accountability accuse breakdown charge cleft crack crevice criticism culpability defectequipment failureevaluation fissure fracturegeological featureimperfection

Showing 16 of 27 words.

More specific

12 entries

accuse condemn critiquedesign faultmanufacturing faultmaterial flawmoral faultnitpicknormal faultpersonal faultreverse faultstrike-slip fault

Collocations

10 entries

design faultelectrical faultfault detectionfault diagnosisfault linefault tolerancefaulty reasoningground faultstructural faultsystem fault

Inflections

3 entries

faulted faulting faults

Derivations

6 entries

faulted faultily faultiness faulting faults faulty

Translations

160 translations across 62 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

faj noun (defect)
gabim noun (defect)

Arabic

4 entries

خَطَأ noun (mistake or error)
خَلَل noun (defect)
زمب noun (mistake or error)
عَوَار noun (defect)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

iştibah noun (mistake or error)
səhv noun (mistake or error)
yanlış noun (mistake or error)
yanlışlıq noun (mistake or error)

Bashkir

1 entries

хата noun (mistake or error)

Basque

1 entries

huts noun (mistake or error)

Belarusian

3 entries

га́на noun (defect)
дэфе́кт noun (defect)
памы́лка noun (mistake or error)

Bengali

4 entries

খাতা noun (mistake or error)
গলতি noun (mistake or error)
ত্রুটি noun (defect)
দোষ noun (defect)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

दोष noun (defect)

Bulgarian

3 entries

гре́шка noun (mistake or error)
дефе́кт noun (defect)
недоста́тък noun (defect)

Catalan

4 entries

culpa noun (defect)
defecte noun (defect)
errada noun (defect)
errada noun (mistake or error)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

毛病 noun (defect)
缺點 /缺点 noun (defect)
錯誤 /错误 noun (mistake or error)

Czech

2 entries

chyba noun (defect)
chyba noun (mistake or error)

Dutch

1 entries

fout noun (mistake or error)

Esperanto

1 entries

eraro noun (defect)

Estonian

2 entries

viga noun (defect)
viga noun (mistake or error)

Finnish

4 entries

epäkohta noun (defect)
moka noun (mistake or error)
puute noun (defect)
vika noun (defect)

French

2 entries

défaut noun (defect)
faute noun (mistake or error)

Georgian

4 entries

ნაკლი noun (defect)
შეცდომა noun (mistake or error)
ცდომილება noun (mistake or error)
წუნი noun (defect)

German

2 entries

Fehler noun (defect)
Schuld noun (mistake or error)

Greek

1 entries

φταίξιμο noun (mistake or error)

Hebrew

3 entries

טָעוּת noun (mistake or error)
משגה noun (mistake or error)
פָּגַם noun (defect)

Hindi

4 entries

क़सूर noun (mistake or error)
खोट noun (defect)
ग़लती noun (mistake or error)
दोष noun (defect)

Hungarian

4 entries

fogyatékosság noun (defect)
hiba noun (defect)
hiba noun (mistake or error)
hiányosság noun (defect)

Italian

3 entries

colpa noun (defect)
colpa noun (mistake or error)
imperfezione noun (defect)

Japanese

4 entries

せい noun (mistake or error)
欠点 noun (defect)
欠陥 noun (defect)
誤り noun (mistake or error)

Khmer

1 entries

ទោស noun (mistake or error)

Korean

1 entries

결함 noun (defect)

Latgalian

2 entries

klaida noun (mistake or error)
vaine noun (mistake or error)

Latin

3 entries

culpa noun (defect)
culpa noun (mistake or error)
vitium noun (defect)

Latvian

2 entries

kļuda noun (mistake or error)
vaina noun (mistake or error)

Malay

1 entries

salah noun (mistake or error)

Malayalam

2 entries

പിഴവ് noun (defect)
പിഴവ് noun (mistake or error)

Mansaka

1 entries

sara noun (mistake or error)

Maranao

2 entries

daway noun (defect)
sala' noun (mistake or error)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries

kosa noun (defect)

Norwegian

1 entries

skyld noun (mistake or error)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries

ردت noun (defect)

Persian

4 entries

خطا noun (mistake or error)
عوار noun (defect)
عیب noun (defect)
نقص noun (defect)

Polish

4 entries

błąd noun (mistake or error)
defekt noun (defect)
pomyłka noun (mistake or error)
wada noun (defect)

Portuguese

3 entries

culpa noun (mistake or error)
defeito noun (defect)
falha noun (defect)

Romanian

4 entries

culpă noun (mistake or error)
greșeală noun (mistake or error)
hibă noun (defect)
vină noun (mistake or error)

Russian

4 entries

дефе́кт noun (defect)
изъя́н noun (defect)
оши́бка noun (defect)
оши́бка noun (mistake or error)

Sanskrit

2 entries

अगुण noun (defect)
दोष noun (defect)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

coire noun (mistake or error)
cron noun (defect)
cron noun (mistake or error)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

greška noun (defect)
grješka noun (defect)
krivnja noun (defect)
mana noun (defect)

Sicilian

1 entries

curpa noun (mistake or error)

Sikkimese

1 entries

སྐྱོན noun (mistake or error)

Slovak

2 entries

chyba noun (defect)
chyba noun (mistake or error)

Slovene

1 entries

hiba noun (defect)

Spanish

3 entries

culpa noun (mistake or error)
defecto noun (defect)
falla noun (defect)

Swedish

3 entries

brist noun (defect)
fel noun (defect)
skuld noun (mistake or error)

Tausug

1 entries

sa noun (mistake or error)

Telugu

1 entries

తప్పిదం noun (defect)

Tetum

1 entries

sala noun (mistake or error)

Thai

2 entries

ข้อบกพร่อง noun (defect)
จุดบกพร่อง noun (defect)

Tocharian B

1 entries

nāki noun (mistake or error)

Turkish

2 entries

hata noun (mistake or error)
yanlış noun (defect)

Ukrainian

4 entries

ва́да noun (defect)
дефе́кт noun (defect)
по́милка noun (mistake or error)
поми́лка noun (mistake or error)

Urdu

2 entries

خطا noun (mistake or error)
غلطی noun (mistake or error)

Uzbek

1 entries

min noun (defect)

Welsh

1 entries

bai noun (defect)

Zazaki

4 entries

eyb noun (defect)
xeta (diq) noun (mistake or error)
xırab noun (defect)
xırabin noun (mistake or error)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It's not my fault!

Source: tatoeba (1659)

You're always finding fault with me.

Source: tatoeba (16763)

You are always finding fault with me.

Source: tatoeba (16772)

It is cruel of you to find fault with her.

Source: tatoeba (17741)

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