Dictionary

faulty en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɑlti/ (cot-caught-merger)
• [ˈfɒːlti] (Canada)
• /ˈfɔlti/ (US)
• /ˈfɔlte/ (Scotland)
• /ˈfɒlti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɔːlti/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

From fault + -y.

Meanings

1. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
   • They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
   • Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle. 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
   • I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.
2. (obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
   • Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

faultless

Deriveds

faultiness · unfaulty · nonfaulty · faultily

Translations (37)

ru неиспра́вный (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · la mendōsus (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · ga fabhtach (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · bg погрешен (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · ca defectuós (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · es fallado (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · la vitīosus (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · uk несправний (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · tr kusurlu (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · sv defekt (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · ota اكسیك (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · bg неправилен (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · tr çürük (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · de fehlerhaft (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · nl gebrekkig (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · ota چوروك (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · sip སྐྱོན་ཅན (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · fr défectueux (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · es fallido (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · cs vadný (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · tr sakat (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · hu hibás (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · nl kapot (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · ru ло́жный (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · it difettoso (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · mi muhu (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · tr hatalı (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · fi rikkinäinen (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · it imperfetto (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · sv felaktig (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · tr eksik (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · tr özürlü (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · it scorretto (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · fi viallinen (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · de schadhaft (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · uk помилковий (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable) · cy diffygiol (having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable)