faultiness
- noun
- /ˈfɔltɪnəs/
- The faultiness of the product caused a significant number of complaints from customers.
Examples
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I attempted to demonstrate the faultiness of his argument by arguing that he, as a white man, could never understand the plight of a black man or an illegal alien, and therefore he should never argue against reparations or amnesty.
Blog text (14) -
Though nostalgia can be wrong, it's still a better bet than the likely faultiness of cultural or even economic soothsaying.
Blog text (25) -
Round even to faultiness.
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Bosch himself is the touchstone for images concerned with worldly vision and its inherent faultiness in the process of making critical spiritual judgments.
Academic text (2001) -
What really angered me in this exchange was the faultiness of his logic and his insistence that I was in error because I was allowing my faith to dictate my political opinion on the matter.
Blog text (14) -
During the inspection, the engineer noted the faultiness of the wiring as a major safety concern.
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Her research highlighted the faultiness in the previous study's methodology, which led to inaccurate results.
Synonyms
A state of having faults or problems that stop something from working
Antonyms
How Faulty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Faultiness comes from the common word fault ('a mistake' or 'a defect') plus the ending -ness ('state or quality'), so faultiness is the 'state of having faults' or being defective.