faultier; faultiest
Examples of faulty in a Sentence
the cause of the plane crash was traced to faulty wiring
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Earlier this week, NASA and Boeing were forced to stand down from a launch attempt of the Starliner spacecraft due to a faulty valve that ground teams discovered just hours before liftoff.
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Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 May 2024
Amid the calm, there's a flurry of activity—a homeowner dealing with a malfunctioning air conditioner, a plumber rushing to fix a burst pipe, and an electrician working on troubleshooting a faulty circuit.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
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Passant Rabie / Gizmodo, Quartz, 13 May 2024
Amid the calm, there's a flurry of activity—a homeowner dealing with a malfunctioning air conditioner, a plumber rushing to fix a burst pipe, and an electrician working on troubleshooting a faulty circuit.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for faulty
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“Faulty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faulty. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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