Flaw

/flɔ/

Synonyms for "flaw" (289 found)

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Closest matches (58)

Adjective(1 words)
bad
Verb(3 words)
blemishcause a problemcrack under pressure

Strong matches (87)

Adjective(1 words)
dissatisfying

Related words (144)

hurtillusionimpairmentimperfectioninadequacyincisioninfirmityjointkeloidkinkkloofleaklentigolittle problemloopholemarmarkmiliummisapplicationmisconstruction
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misdoingmisfeasancemisinterpretationmisjudgmentmistakemoatmolemoral flawneedle scarnevusnicknotchnullahopeningpasspassagepeccancyperforationperversionpimplepitpockpockmarkport-wine markport-wine stainproblempuncturepustuleravinerentriftrimeripruinrupturescabscarscarifyscissurescratchscudseamsebaceous cystself-contradictionshortcomingsinsinfulnessslitslotsnagsomething missingsplitspoilstainstigmatizestrawberry markstytaintteartracktrenchtwistunorthodoxyuntruenessuntruthuntruthfulnessvalleyverrucavesiclevicevoidvulnerable placewadiwalewarpwartweak linkweak pointweak sideweakenweaknesswealweltwenwhiteheadwind gustwrongwrongness
Adjective(6 words)
major irregularityminor blemishstructural deformationsurface scratchvulnerable areaweak
Verb(1 words)
miscreate

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

More specific

11 entries
cosmetic flawdesign flawexperimental flawlogical flawmanufacturing flawmethodological flawprocedural flawstructural flawsurface flawtextural flawvisible defect

Collocations

6 entries
cosmetic flawdesign flawfatal flawlogical flawmanufacturing flawstructural flaw

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Translations

83 translations across 40 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ψόγος noun (defect, fault)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَيْبٌ noun (defect, fault)

Armenian

1 entries
  • արատ noun (defect, fault)

Azerbaijani

4 entries
  • kəsir noun (defect, fault)
  • naqislik noun (defect, fault)
  • nöqsan noun (defect, fault)
  • qüsur noun (defect, fault)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • дефект noun (defect, fault)
  • недостатък noun (defect, fault)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 毛病 noun (defect, fault)
  • 瑕疵 noun (defect, fault)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • brak noun (defect, fault)

Czech

1 entries
  • vada noun (defect, fault)

Danish

2 entries
  • defekt noun (defect, fault)
  • fejl noun (defect, fault)

Dutch

1 entries
  • fout noun (defect, fault)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • difekto noun (defect, fault)
  • manko noun (defect, fault)

Estonian

2 entries
  • puudus noun (defect, fault)
  • viga noun (defect, fault)

Finnish

2 entries
  • vika noun (defect, fault)
  • virhe noun (defect, fault)

French

1 entries
  • faille noun (defect, fault)

Galician

2 entries
  • eiva noun (defect, fault)
  • falla noun (defect, fault)

German

4 entries
  • Fehler noun (defect, fault)
  • Macke noun (defect, fault)
  • Makel noun (defect, fault)
  • Schlupfloch noun (defect, fault)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hiba noun (defect, fault)
  • hiányosság noun (defect, fault)

Irish

2 entries
  • fabht noun (defect, fault)
  • locht noun (defect, fault)

Italian

3 entries
  • difetto noun (defect, fault)
  • errore noun (defect, fault)
  • imperfezione noun (defect, fault)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 欠点 noun (defect, fault)
  • 瑕疵 noun (defect, fault)

Korean

1 entries
  • 결점 noun (defect, fault)

Latin

1 entries
  • vitium noun (defect, fault)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • мана noun (defect, fault)
  • фалинка noun (defect, fault)

Middle English

1 entries
  • chalenge noun (defect, fault)

Māori

1 entries
  • tōrōkiri noun (defect, fault)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • brist noun (defect, fault)
  • feil noun (defect, fault)

Occitan

4 entries
  • deca noun (defect, fault)
  • defaut noun (defect, fault)
  • manca noun (defect, fault)
  • peca noun (defect, fault)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • ردت noun (defect, fault)

Polish

1 entries
  • wada noun (defect, fault)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • defeito noun (defect, fault)
  • erro noun (defect, fault)
  • falha noun (defect, fault)

Romanian

3 entries
  • cusur noun (defect, fault)
  • defect noun (defect, fault)
  • hibă noun (defect, fault)

Russian

4 entries
  • брак noun (defect, fault)
  • дефе́кт noun (defect, fault)
  • изъя́н noun (defect, fault)
  • недоста́ток noun (defect, fault)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • mana noun (defect, fault)
  • мана noun (defect, fault)

Slovak

3 entries
  • chyba noun (defect, fault)
  • vada noun (defect, fault)
  • závada noun (defect, fault)

Slovene

3 entries
  • napaka noun (defect, fault)
  • pomanjkljivost noun (defect, fault)
  • razpoka noun (defect, fault)

Spanish

3 entries
  • desperfecto noun (defect, fault)
  • imperfección noun (defect, fault)
  • pega noun (defect, fault)

Swedish

2 entries
  • brist noun (defect, fault)
  • fel noun (defect, fault)

Thai

1 entries
  • ข้อบกพร่อง noun (defect, fault)

Turkish

2 entries
  • hata noun (defect, fault)
  • kusur noun (defect, fault)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • вада noun (defect, fault)

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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My technique is without flaw.

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I can't find a single flaw in her theory.

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I can't find a single flaw in his theory.

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Tom discovered a flaw in the ship's design.

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