单词	faulty
释义	faultyfault‧y /ˈfɔːlti $ ˈfɒːlti/ ●○○ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The report said the fire was started by faulty electrical wiring. Weston's article contained some interesting but faulty reasoning. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But their own observations, while more correct, were still faulty. Council officials say that lives were put at risk from mechanical defects, including faulty brakes. From what we know when the information did come through, it was sometimes partial and often faulty. It is important to note, however, that the assumption that electing representatives is all democracy requires is a faulty one. Or are they biased, faulty and badly in need of revision? The longer the government stays closed, the more faulty and less timely any economic data will be, he says. They would eventually learn to recognize such syndromes in families, track down the faulty genes and devise interventions. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► faulty brake (=not working properly)· Faulty brakes may have caused the accident.· The brakes could have been faulty. ► a defective/faulty gene (=a gene that does not work properly)· The disease is caused by a defective gene. ► faulty goods (=that have something wrong with them)· Consumers have a right to reasonable protection against the sale of faulty goods. Word family WORD FAMILYadjectivefaultlessfaultynounfaultverbfaultadverbfaultlessly 1not working properly, or not made correctly:  Customers may ask for a refund if the goods are faulty. a faulty gene that causes breast cancer2a faulty way of thinking about something contains a mistake, so that you make a wrong decision OPP  correct:  an idea based on a faulty understanding of biology
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