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faulty

[fawl-tee] / ˈfɔl ti /


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The British Heart Foundation explains, external a cardiac arrhythmia ablation involves using heat or cold energy to create tiny scars in the heart to block faulty signals and restore a typical heartbeat.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

The decision follows a review of risks after reports of at least 10 deaths linked to faulty air-bag inflaters.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Those faulty messages can produce shooting, stabbing or burning sensations.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

A fire erupted in a hospital maternity ward in Islamabad on Wednesday killing 14 infants, Pakistan authorities said, blaming a faulty air conditioner for the blaze.

From Barron's Aug. 26, 2026

Trotter in the doorway lifted her arms, the brown purse dangling from one of them; the faulty clasp flew open as she did so.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson

Or they just don’t like finding out their memories are faultier than they thought.

From Washington Post Sep. 7, 2018

There is no commoner, and at the same time faultier, way of reasoning, than that of objecting to a philosophical hypothesis the injury it may do to morals and to religion.

From The Heavenly Father Lectures on Modern Atheism by Henry Downton

His next poem was "Annus Mirabilis," published in 1667, and counted justly one of his most vigorous, though also one of the faultiest of his poems.

From The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes by John Dryden

Colburn's First Lessons, the only faultiest school book that we have, has made a great change in the mode of teaching Arithmetic, and is destined to make a still greater.

From Rollo in Holland by Jacob Abbott




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