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faulty

[fawl-tee] / ˈfɔl ti /


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Water agent Gonzalez meanwhile said the government is moving forward with transforming the sector's energy mix as a way to reduce dependence on the faulty national power grid.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

One such substance is irisin, a hormone produced by muscles that acts on almost all faulty brain mechanisms associated with Alzheimer’s, including inflammation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

To skim costs in that shift, the company used cheap, faulty battery packs that, it turns out, were the real culprit for the drone failure.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"A system that produces faulty intelligence and almost gets us into a war with China should not be considered super-intelligent by any standards."

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

It seemed like there was faulty wiring in the system, because now she was reverting to anger.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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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