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faultiness

faultiness

6.7
A situation where something has mistakes or defects
  • noun
  • /ˈfɔltɪnəs/
translation icon : defecto
  • The faultiness of the product caused a significant number of complaints from customers.

Examples

  • 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.

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  • Though nostalgia can be wrong, it's still a better bet than the likely faultiness of cultural or even economic soothsaying.

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  • Round even to faultiness.

  • 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.

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  • During the inspection, the engineer noted the faultiness of the wiring as a major safety concern.

  • Her research highlighted the faultiness in the previous study's methodology, which led to inaccurate results.

Synonyms

defectiveness
vsfaultiness
7.2

A state of having faults or problems that stop something from working

has identical meaning but uses a different word form

Antonyms

97 3.7

A thing that has no mistakes and shows the best quality

1 5.4

A state of having no mistakes or problems

How Faulty

brokenness
3 5.5
faultiness
6.7
imperfection
51 3.7
correctness
8 3.5

Surface Forms

faultiness singular
faultinesses plural

Morphology

faultiness = faulty (transparent) = fault + y + ness

Formed by adding the deverbal/adjectival noun suffix '-ness' to the adjective 'faulty'; 'faulty' is itself transparently 'fault' + '-y'.

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.