faultier; faultiest
Examples of faulty in a Sentence
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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Visitors and spectators like Contreras and the international firefighters who were not escorted at all times as required, and, there was no emergency service on site and some of the gear was old and faulty, sheriff’s office investigators said.
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Coming off a September collapse driven by faulty starting pitching, the Mets made the big swing for Santana in early February 2008.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Boards and computers bought from Abit, HP, IBM, and, infamously, Dell, among others, suffered these faulty capacitors and were handled with recalls, repairs, or, sometimes, silence.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
Not because the founders were faulty, but because internet connectivity wasn't yet scaled for mass adoption.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Coming off a September collapse driven by faulty starting pitching, the Mets made the big swing for Santana in early February 2008.
—Tim Britton, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Boards and computers bought from Abit, HP, IBM, and, infamously, Dell, among others, suffered these faulty capacitors and were handled with recalls, repairs, or, sometimes, silence.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 20 Mar. 2025
Not because the founders were faulty, but because internet connectivity wasn't yet scaled for mass adoption.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faulty. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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