fault
∞
1.8
- noun
- /fɔlt/
:
culpa
- No, it was completely my fault.
- own fault
- find fault
- the fault lies with
If you don't, it's your fault, which means what?
- If you don't, it's your fault, which means what?
- And either way, it's still the fault of the other side.
- Partly my fault, partly not my fault, and I'm in a meeting.
- So it's hard to say whose fault it was that I was in jail.
- And if you if you suck, it's your fault, right?
- It's not their fault, but it is their problem.
- It's not their fault, it's California's fault, It's Gavin Newsom's fault.
- And so, you know, is it my fault my voice is so low?
- My stock answer is, hey, it's not his fault, It's your fault.
- We, we don't feel that, you know, it's their fault, so to speak.
- It's, it's not my fault, it's yours.
- I felt guilty, like it was my fault they were being beat.
Examples
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Yes, it was his own damn fault he had neglected his education until so late in life.
Fiction book (1990) -
So it may not be your fault, but you have options.
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I said, none of this is your fault, Do you hear me?
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And either way, it's still the fault of the other side.
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It's not their fault, but it is their problem.
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In a way, this is all my fault.
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This was all my fault.
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So, it is your own fault if you cannot find skilled workers, not ours.
Academic text (1990) -
No, it wasn't your fault at all, was it?
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It's not your fault that things went wrong; we all make mistakes.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A wrong action or decision
359
1.0
Responsibility for a fault or bad situation
306
1.0
A wrong belief, calculation, or action
49
3.0
A careless mistake that causes embarrassment or problems
33
6.1
A careless mistake that causes problems or embarrassment
20
8.3
Being responsible for a fault or doing something wrong
4
2.8
A careless, foolish error that causes problems
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.3
A system where each driver's own plan pays for their crash costs no matter who caused it
- Specialized
1
7.0
A sloping break in the Earth's crust where the upper side moves down past the lower side
- Specialized
A sloping break in rock where the upper block moves down because of its weight
- Specialized
Car insurance where each driver gets money from their own insurance company after a crash, no matter who caused it
- Specialized
A break in rock where one side moves up when the land is pushed together
- Specialized
A break in rock where strong sideways force pushes one rock layer up and over another
- Specialized
A break in the ground where two rock blocks move past each other horizontally
How Blameworthy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Fault comes from Old French faute, from a Latin verb that meant 'to fail', like the English word fail. So a fault is a kind of failure or mistake, and when someone is 'at fault' we mean they are responsible for that failure.