The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
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Faulty
/ˈfɔlti/
Synonyms for "faulty" (287 found)
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Closest matches (58)
Adjective(10 words)
aberrantabroadabsonantadriftadulteratedall abroadall offall wrongamateurishamissarraignableaskewastrayat faultawrybadbarbaricbarbarousbeside the markblemished
Strong matches (86)
Adjective(26 words)
dickydisrupted recorddodgydysfunctionaldysfunctional vibeerrant throwerroneousfallacious reasoningflawedflawed justificationflimsy argumentgammygarbledimpairedimperfectinaccurateinaccurate chartincorrectincorrect phrasinginoperable
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Noun(10 words)
Related words (143)
Verb(18 words)
Adjective(32 words)
logical errorlogical gaplogical incoherencemalfunctioningmisleadingmisshapennegligentnonworking systemoff dayquestionablericketyscrewyshoddy goodsungrammatical systemunreliable data pointunreliable datasetunreliable evidenceunrepresentativeunsoundunsound claim
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unsound conclusionunsound reasoningunsoundestunsuitableunwellweak argumentweak versionwonkierwonkiestwonkywrongwronger
loosemakeshiftmalfunctioningmarredmediocremistakenmixednonscientificnot followingnot perfectnot rightnot trueoffoff the trackon the blinkon the fritzoutout of orderparalogicalpartial
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patchypeccantperversepervertedpimpledpimplypoorreasonlessreprehensiblereproachablereprovablescabbedscabbyscarifiedscarredself-annullingself-contradictoryself-refutingsenselessshortsicksketchyslipshodslovenlysolecisticspecioussplitstrayingto blametwistedunauthenticunconnectedundevelopedunevenunfactualunfinishedungrammaticunorthodoxunperfectedunphilosophicalunprovedunreasonableunsatisfactoryunscientificunsounduntenableunthoroughuntrueviciouswantingwarpedwidewithout reasonwithout rhyme or reasonwrong
Noun(17 words)
manufacturing defectmiscalculatingmiscallingmisdiagnosingmisfiringmisidentifyingmisinterpretingmisjudgingmisrulingplanning errorprinting misorderrubbishingsoftware glitchstumblingunderperformingunreliable dataunsounder
Adverb(1 words)
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12 entriesbiased measurementdefective circuitdefective componenterroneous premisefaulty actuatorfaulty controllerfaulty relayfaulty switchgarbled datainvalid inferencenoisy readingnon sequitur
Collocations
6 entriesfaulty datafaulty equipmentfaulty logicfaulty measurementsfaulty sensorfaulty wiring
Inflections
2 entriesmore faultymost faulty
Derivations
4 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
This was faulty information.
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The errors apparent in his results are due more to carelessness than faulty procedures.
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It was determined that faulty wiring was the cause of the fire.
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