Faulty phrasing

Synonyms for "faulty phrasing" (21 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (5)

Adjective(5 words)
ambiguousambiguous phrasingawkwardawkward phrasingbad diction

Strong matches (6)

Adjective(6 words)
clumsyclumsy phrasingdangling phrasinggarbledill formed phrasingimproper wording

Related words (10)

Adjective(9 words)
inappropriate phrasinginelegant wordingmiswordednonstandard phrasingpoor wordingunclearunconventional wordingungrammatical phrasingwrong phrasing
Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries
linguistic defectlinguistic expressionlinguistic formlinguistic qualityphrasingsyntactic formtext qualitywording

More specific

16 entries
ambiguous phrasingcolloquial phrasingdangling modifierformal phrasinggarbled syntaxgarbled wordinggrammatically flawed sentenceill formed phrasingill formed sentencelegalistic phrasingmisplaced modifiermisrelated clauseparsing ambiguous phraseredundant phrasingrun on phrasetechnical phrasing

Collocations

11 entries
ambiguous phrasingawkward phrasingclear wordingclumsy wordingfaulty wordinggarbled wordingimprecise wordingpoor wordingprecise wordingsloppy phrasingunclear phrasing

Inflections

3 entries
faulty phrasingsmore faulty phrasingmost faulty phrasing

Derivations

7 entries
faultilyfaultinessfaultyphrasephraseologyphrasing anomalywording problem