FAULTY


Meaning of FAULTY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ fɔ:lti ]

1.

A faulty piece of equipment has something wrong with it and is not working properly.

The money will be used to repair faulty equipment.

ADJ

2.

If you describe someone’s argument or reasoning as faulty , you mean that it is wrong or contains mistakes, usually because they have not been thinking in a logical way.

Their interpretation was faulty–they had misinterpreted things.

= flawed

ADJ

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