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faultiness|ˈfɔːlt, ˈfɒltɪnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or state of being faulty.
1. The quality or state of having blemishes or defects; defectiveness, imperfection. † to faultiness: = ‘to a fault’ (see fault n. 3 c.).
1530Palsgr. 219/1 Fautynesse, favtuseté. 1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. 263 Theyr good workes are but begonne and sauoring of the faultinesse of the flesh. 1606Shakes. Ant. & Cl. iii. iii. 33 Cle. Bear'st thou her face in mind? is't long or round? Mess. Round, euen to faultinesse. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. (1808) II. 331 The first atheistic instance of the faultiness of things. 1726G. Shelvocke Voy. round World (1757) 326 The faultiness of our ship. 1793Beattie Moral Sc. i. i. §11. 182 Pleased, or displeased, according to the degree of excellence or faultiness. a1846Landor Imag. Conv. Wks. (1846) I. 69 Adducing a few instances of faultiness in Byron.
2. The quality or state of having moral blemishes, of being in fault or to blame; depravity, viciousness, culpability, guilt.
1571Golding Calvin on Ps. xxv. 21 As though David requyre to bee preserved cleere from all faultynesse. 1628Digby Voy. Medit. (Camden) 31 Such as I could not free him from much faultinesse. 1818M. W. Shelley Frankenst. i. (1865) 63 My father would be unjust if he ascribed my neglect to vice, or faultiness on my part. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. vi. (1889) II. 242, I bow my head..Break myself up in shame of faultiness. |