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flaw

Definition for flaw

noun as in imperfection

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I guess it’s a character flaw on my part.

Her indomitable will to stay in the game was her noble strength — and perhaps also her personal flaw.

That may sound like a minor flaw, but the researchers observed that the errors could be incorporated in official records such as transcriptions of court testimony or prison phone calls — which could lead to official decisions based on “phrases or claims that a defendant never said.”

“You would put in a last name and a very long list of information would come out. A clear flaw,” he said.

From BBC

"I was the only person in the Ministry of Defence who discovered this flaw," he claimed, adding that he had only searched the names of seven officers.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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