Faulty
adjective
Not made or working properly.
I had to return the laptop because it was faulty
Often appears as...
- faulty mechanism
- faulty design
adjective
Incorrect or based on wrong thinking.
His argument is based on faulty logic
Often appears as...
- faulty reasoning
- faulty assumption
adjective
Not made or working properly.
I had to return the laptop because it was faulty
Often appears as...
- faulty mechanism
- faulty design
adjective
Incorrect or based on wrong thinking.
His argument is based on faulty logic
Often appears as...
- faulty reasoning
- faulty assumption
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Product Problems
Use 'faulty' when talking about items that don't work as they should.
The heater is faulty and won't turn on.
Pro Tip 2/3Industry Jargon
'Faulty' is commonly used in manufacturing and retail when discussing defective goods.
We received several complaints about faulty appliances.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Blame
Describing something as 'faulty' subtly implies that there is a responsible party for the defect.
The accident was caused by a faulty brake system.
Pro Tip 1/3Product Problems
Use 'faulty' when talking about items that don't work as they should.
The heater is faulty and won't turn on.
Pro Tip 2/3Industry Jargon
'Faulty' is commonly used in manufacturing and retail when discussing defective goods.
We received several complaints about faulty appliances.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Blame
Describing something as 'faulty' subtly implies that there is a responsible party for the defect.
The accident was caused by a faulty brake system.
Pro Tip 1/3Product Problems
Use 'faulty' when talking about items that don't work as they should.
The heater is faulty and won't turn on.
Pro Tip 2/3Industry Jargon
'Faulty' is commonly used in manufacturing and retail when discussing defective goods.
We received several complaints about faulty appliances.
Pro Tip 3/3Subtle Blame
Describing something as 'faulty' subtly implies that there is a responsible party for the defect.
The accident was caused by a faulty brake system.
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The Clients PIPE Building...
now you can bec cuddle well I mean I was just sent trying to say is it just concentrate on this area that's not what do you want he wants to do something with those other sites any suggestions no no you know you're just making them sound happy on the faulty I promise you this I promise to that now you get out here in the real world and you're
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What does the pancreas...
the pancreas releases a hormone called glucagon that tells the body's cells and liver to release stored sugars back into the bloodstream. The interplay between insulin and glucagon is what keeps our sugar levels balanced. But a faulty pancreas can no longer coach us like this, meaning that this healthy balance is destroyed.
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Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
I powered up the transporter and said a silent prayer. I had no idea what I was going to do if it didn't work. My transporter was cheap, so even a droplet of moisture or, more likely, a grain of sand, would cause it to short. It was faulty, and most of the time I had to restart it over and over before it worked.
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How do pregnancy tests...
all the unbound AB1 enzymes picked up in Zone 1 should end up here and activate more dye. So if no pattern appears, that indicates that the test was faulty. These tests are pretty reliable, but they're not failproof. For instance, false negatives can occur
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The neuroscience of...
and get off the hook because they've got a faulty amygdala. The evidence is actually the other way. Because our brains are capable of change, we need to take responsibility for our actions, and they need to take responsibility for their rehabilitation.
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The unexpected tool to...
construction was constructed to handle disruption in the network and root around a problem and cryptography helps it root around censorship as if it was just a faulty path in the network software like tor uses cryptography to help people be anonymous
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What is bipolar...
thanks to the brain's continuous efforts to prune itself and remove unused or faulty neural connections. This process is important because our neural pathways serve as a map for everything we do. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging,
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What if we could look...
like curing epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disease in which a faulty part of the brain starts working spontaneously for no apparent reason. It's like an earthquake but inside your head. There's no way to know in advance when a seizure will occur,
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Niro Sivanathan: The...
But sadly, and far too often, we see people speak up but fail to influence others in the way that they had hoped for. Put another way, their message was sound, but their delivery proved faulty.
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Charity Tillemann-Dick:...
or faulty lungs, death happens. But life isn't really just about avoiding death, is it? It's about living. Medical conditions don't negate the human condition. And when people are allowed
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The Clients PIPE Building...
now you can bec cuddle well I mean I was just sent trying to say is it just concentrate on this area that's not what do you want he wants to do something with those other sites any suggestions no no you know you're just making them sound happy on the faulty I promise you this I promise to that now you get out here in the real world and you're
Video examples
What does the pancreas...
the pancreas releases a hormone called glucagon that tells the body's cells and liver to release stored sugars back into the bloodstream. The interplay between insulin and glucagon is what keeps our sugar levels balanced. But a faulty pancreas can no longer coach us like this, meaning that this healthy balance is destroyed.
Video examples
Nnedi Okorafor: Sci-fi...
I powered up the transporter and said a silent prayer. I had no idea what I was going to do if it didn't work. My transporter was cheap, so even a droplet of moisture or, more likely, a grain of sand, would cause it to short. It was faulty, and most of the time I had to restart it over and over before it worked.
Video examples
How do pregnancy tests...
all the unbound AB1 enzymes picked up in Zone 1 should end up here and activate more dye. So if no pattern appears, that indicates that the test was faulty. These tests are pretty reliable, but they're not failproof. For instance, false negatives can occur
Video examples
The neuroscience of...
and get off the hook because they've got a faulty amygdala. The evidence is actually the other way. Because our brains are capable of change, we need to take responsibility for our actions, and they need to take responsibility for their rehabilitation.
Video examples
The unexpected tool to...
construction was constructed to handle disruption in the network and root around a problem and cryptography helps it root around censorship as if it was just a faulty path in the network software like tor uses cryptography to help people be anonymous
Video examples
What is bipolar...
thanks to the brain's continuous efforts to prune itself and remove unused or faulty neural connections. This process is important because our neural pathways serve as a map for everything we do. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging,
Video examples
What if we could look...
like curing epilepsy. Epilepsy is a disease in which a faulty part of the brain starts working spontaneously for no apparent reason. It's like an earthquake but inside your head. There's no way to know in advance when a seizure will occur,
Video examples
Niro Sivanathan: The...
But sadly, and far too often, we see people speak up but fail to influence others in the way that they had hoped for. Put another way, their message was sound, but their delivery proved faulty.
Video examples
Charity Tillemann-Dick:...
or faulty lungs, death happens. But life isn't really just about avoiding death, is it? It's about living. Medical conditions don't negate the human condition. And when people are allowed
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Quote examples
Terry Gross
American Journalist
I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing that when I'm interviewing somebody, I'm getting a combination of fact and truth and self-mythology and self-delusion and selective memory and faulty memory.
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Jackie Speier
American Politician
We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they can trust before investing their hard-earned money? I don't think it's unreasonable at all.
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William Wilberforce
English Politician
If you love someone who is ruining his or her life because of faulty thinking, and you don't do anything about it because you are afraid of what others might think, it would seem that rather than being loving, you are in fact being heartless.
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Brian Herbert
American Author
My wife noticed that I wrote really good complaint letters about faulty products and that I could get anything I wanted out of these big corporations, and she said that I was a good writer and that I should go to my dad and ask him for help.
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Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.
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Scott Gottlieb
American Public Servant
While faulty information from a digital health tool can influence people to make bad decisions, the risks are far lower than those posed by the usual products FDA subjects to pre-market review.
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David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
It's the false moral component behind blind animal love that so frosts me. The faulty logic that believes that the capacity to adore a nonhuman creature is somehow a purer form of love.
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Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
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Gary Johnson
American Politician
I'll be the first one to admit that if I have conclusions based on faulty premises, then let me know about that, and I'll be the first one to change it.
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Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
American Musician
Whether by a Mack truck or by heart failure or faulty lungs, death happens. But life isn't really just about avoiding death, is it? It's about living.
Quote examples
Terry Gross
American Journalist
I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing that when I'm interviewing somebody, I'm getting a combination of fact and truth and self-mythology and self-delusion and selective memory and faulty memory.
Quote examples
Jackie Speier
American Politician
We think nothing of protecting consumers from faulty toasters or unsafe cars. Is it unreasonable to suggest that investors are entitled to information they can trust before investing their hard-earned money? I don't think it's unreasonable at all.
Quote examples
William Wilberforce
English Politician
If you love someone who is ruining his or her life because of faulty thinking, and you don't do anything about it because you are afraid of what others might think, it would seem that rather than being loving, you are in fact being heartless.
Quote examples
Brian Herbert
American Author
My wife noticed that I wrote really good complaint letters about faulty products and that I could get anything I wanted out of these big corporations, and she said that I was a good writer and that I should go to my dad and ask him for help.
Quote examples
Penn Jillette
American Entertainer
Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.
Quote examples
Scott Gottlieb
American Public Servant
While faulty information from a digital health tool can influence people to make bad decisions, the risks are far lower than those posed by the usual products FDA subjects to pre-market review.
Quote examples
David Rakoff
Canadian Writer
It's the false moral component behind blind animal love that so frosts me. The faulty logic that believes that the capacity to adore a nonhuman creature is somehow a purer form of love.
Quote examples
Plutarch
Greek Philosopher
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them.
Quote examples
Gary Johnson
American Politician
I'll be the first one to admit that if I have conclusions based on faulty premises, then let me know about that, and I'll be the first one to change it.
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Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick
American Musician
Whether by a Mack truck or by heart failure or faulty lungs, death happens. But life isn't really just about avoiding death, is it? It's about living.
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