"faulty" meaning in English

See faulty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈfɒlti/ [UK], /ˈfɔːlti/ [UK], /ˈfɔlti/ [US], /ˈfɑlti/ [cot-caught-merger], [ˈfɒːlti] [Canada] Audio: en-us-faulty.ogg Forms: faultier [comparative], faultiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɒlti, -ɔːlti Etymology: From fault + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fault|y}} fault + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} faulty (comparative faultier, superlative faultiest)
  1. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable. Translations (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable): погрешен (pogrešen) (Bulgarian), неправилен (nepravilen) (Bulgarian), defectuós (Catalan), vadný (Czech), kapot (Dutch), gebrekkig (Dutch), viallinen (Finnish), rikkinäinen (Finnish), défectueux (French), fehlerhaft (German), schadhaft (German), hibás (Hungarian), fabhtach (Irish), difettoso (Italian), imperfetto (Italian), scorretto (Italian), mendōsus (Latin), vitīosus (Latin), muhu (Maori), چوروك (çürük) (Ottoman Turkish), неиспра́вный (neisprávnyj) [defective] (Russian), ло́жный (lóžnyj) (english: false) (Russian), defectuoso (Spanish), imperfecto (Spanish), defekt [defective] (Swedish), felaktig (english: false) (Swedish), несправний (nespravnyj) (Ukrainian), помилковий (pomylkovyj) (Ukrainian), diffygiol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-faulty-en-adj-02OPtGVp Disambiguation of 'having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable': 98 2
  2. (obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-faulty-en-adj-zCg~ZF~h Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 18 82 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: faultily, faultiness

Inflected forms

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          "text": "They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "viallinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "rikkinäinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "défectueux"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "fehlerhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "schadhaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "hibás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "fabhtach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "difettoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "imperfetto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "scorretto"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "mendōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "vitīosus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "muhu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "çürük",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "چوروك"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neisprávnyj",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "tags": [
        "defective"
      ],
      "word": "неиспра́вный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "false",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lóžnyj",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "ло́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "defectuoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "imperfecto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "tags": [
        "defective"
      ],
      "word": "defekt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "english": "false",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "felaktig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nespravnyj",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "несправний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomylkovyj",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "помилковий"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable",
      "word": "diffygiol"
    }
  ],
  "word": "faulty"
}

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