The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
Source: tatoeba (2259)
Faulty
//ˈfɔlti//
Synonyms for "faulty" (181 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
keloidalkinkedlackingloosemakeshiftmalfunctioningmarredmediocremistakenmixednonscientificnot followingnot perfectnot rightnot trueoffoff the trackon the blinkon the fritzout
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Adjective(11 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
3 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- неправилен adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- погрешен adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Catalan
1 entries- defectuós adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Czech
1 entries- vadný adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Dutch
2 entries- gebrekkig adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- kapot adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Finnish
2 entries- rikkinäinen adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- viallinen adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
French
1 entries- défectueux adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
German
2 entries- fehlerhaft adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- schadhaft adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Hungarian
1 entries- hibás adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Irish
1 entries- fabhtach adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Italian
3 entries- difettoso adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- imperfetto adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- scorretto adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Latin
2 entries- mendōsus adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- vitīosus adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Māori
1 entries- muhu adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اكسیك adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- چوروك adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Russian
2 entries- ло́жный adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- неиспра́вный adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐྱོན་ཅན adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Spanish
4 entries- defectuoso adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- fallado adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- fallido adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- imperfecto adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Swedish
2 entries- defekt adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- felaktig adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Turkish
4 entries- eksik adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- hatalı adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- kusurlu adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- sakat adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Ukrainian
2 entries- несправний adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
- помилковий adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Welsh
1 entries- diffygiol adj (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
This was faulty information.
Source: tatoeba (46187)
The errors apparent in his results are due more to carelessness than faulty procedures.
Source: tatoeba (284027)
It was determined that faulty wiring was the cause of the fire.
Source: tatoeba (709109)
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