faultier; faultiest
Examples of faulty in a Sentence
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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Allegations of miscounts, court debates and logistical voting issues, including a faulty ballot design, were to blame for the delay.
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Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
The agency suspected that the engines had a faulty valvetrain but Ford assessed that not all valves within the spike period are defective and that reported failures occurred in vehicles with low time in service, according to the report.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
By the time of his election in 2020, Barack Obama’s vice president had established for himself an unrivaled record of bad judgment predicated on faulty assumptions.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 4 Nov. 2024
Customers were able to deposit faulty checks into their accounts and then withdraw the cash before it was flagged as illegitimate.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
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Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 6 Nov. 2024
The agency suspected that the engines had a faulty valvetrain but Ford assessed that not all valves within the spike period are defective and that reported failures occurred in vehicles with low time in service, according to the report.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
By the time of his election in 2020, Barack Obama’s vice president had established for himself an unrivaled record of bad judgment predicated on faulty assumptions.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 4 Nov. 2024
Customers were able to deposit faulty checks into their accounts and then withdraw the cash before it was flagged as illegitimate.
—Addy Bink, The Hill, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faulty. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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