Something that is flawed has a mark, fault, or mistake in it.
...the unique beauty of a flawed object.
These tests were so seriously flawed as to render the results meaningless.
Synonyms: damaged, defective, imperfect, blemished More Synonyms of flawed
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flawed in British English
(flɔːd)
adjective
characterized by a defect or imperfection
the unique beauty of a flawed object
These tests were so seriously flawed as to render the results meaningless.
the scheme is fundamentally flawed
The methods they used are fundamentally flawed and discriminatory.
Examples of 'flawed' in a sentence
flawed
This was about a flawed character and a nervous body.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What emerges is a portrait of a fine but flawed human.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The central character is deeply flawed and yet he is also extremely likeable.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Their progress was an unwelcome anomaly in a flawed system.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The final scene is so moving about the flawed nature of human relationships.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This is deeply flawed because it leaves the same structural faults in the system.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
People say he is a flawed character.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He did insist on remaining human and flawed and contradictory and in touch with other people.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
There has been no such command performance since his hurried but deeply flawed return from serious injury.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Ministers have to do the best they can with the flawed system we have.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It will not be enough to blame a flawed system.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
But it crashes down due to a narrative that feels like an intriguing but deeply flawed first draft.
The Sun (2014)
It is a deeply flawed structure.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What goes up can come down, so our flawed hero has to undergo his own restoration.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is a flawed hero - like all other heroes.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
They emerge as being quite rounded, flawed characters.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The script showed him as a vulnerable, troubled and flawed character.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Of course judges are human, flawed and vulnerable.
The Sun (2007)
But is he a flawed, rounded human being?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He becomes key in an engagingly knotty second half that shows flawed characters making a choice between competing evils as the personal and the political become inseparable.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The case has elements of a Greek tragedy: the flawed hero and the beautiful woman.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He was undeniably a flawed hero - but for many Americans an undoubted hero all the same.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I hope this frail and flawed hero realises he needs to go back into rehab, and that this time he can beat his demons.
The Sun (2008)
In other languages
flawed
British English: flawed ADJECTIVE
Something that is flawed has a mark, fault, or mistake in it.
...the unique beauty of a flawed object.
American English: flawed
Brazilian Portuguese: defeituoso
Chinese: 有缺陷的
European Spanish: imperfecto
French: défectueux
German: fehlerhaft
Italian: difettoso
Japanese: 欠陥のある
Korean: 흠이 있는
European Portuguese: defeituoso
Latin American Spanish: imperfecto
1 (adjective)
the unique beauty of a flawed object
Synonyms
damaged
defective
Retailers can return defective merchandise.
imperfect
We live in an imperfect world.
blemished
broken
a broken guitar and a rusty snare drum
cracked
a cracked mirror
chipped
faulty
They will repair the faulty equipment.
2 (adjective)
The tests were seriously flawed.
Synonyms
erroneous
The conclusions they have come to are completely erroneous.
incorrect
He denied that his evidence was incorrect.
inaccurate
The reports were based on inaccurate information.
invalid
Those arguments are rendered invalid by the hard facts.
wrong
That was the wrong answer – try again.
mistaken
She obviously had a mistaken view.
false
This resulted in false information being entered.
faulty
Their interpretation was faulty.
untrue
The allegations were completely untrue.
unfounded
The allegations were totally unfounded.
spurious
amiss
Their instincts warned them something was amiss.
unsound
The thinking is muddled and fundamentally unsound.
wide of the mark
That comparison isn't as wide of the mark as it seems.
inexact
Forecasting was an inexact science.
fallacious
Their argument is fallacious.
Additional synonyms
in the sense of amiss
Definition
wrong or faulty
Their instincts warned them something was amiss.
Synonyms
wrong,
mistaken,
confused,
false,
inappropriate,
rotten,
incorrect,
faulty,
inaccurate,
unsuitable,
improper,
defective,
out of order,
awry,
erroneous,
untoward,
fallacious
in the sense of broken
Definition
not functioning
a broken guitar and a rusty snare drum
Synonyms
defective,
not working,
ruined,
imperfect,
out of order,
not functioning,
on the blink (slang),
on its last legs,
kaput (informal)
in the sense of cracked
Definition
damaged by cracking
a cracked mirror
Synonyms
broken,
damaged,
split,
chipped,
flawed,
faulty,
crazed,
defective,
imperfect,
fissured
Synonyms of 'flawed'
flawed
Explore 'flawed' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of mistaken
Definition
arising from error in opinion or judgment
She obviously had a mistaken view.
Synonyms
inaccurate,
false,
inappropriate,
faulty,
unfounded,
erroneous,
unsound,
fallacious
in the sense of unfounded
Definition
(of ideas, fears, or allegations) not based on facts or evidence
The allegations were totally unfounded.
Synonyms
groundless,
false,
unjustified,
unproven,
unsubstantiated,
idle,
fabricated,
spurious,
trumped up,
baseless,
without foundation,
without basis
in the sense of unsound
Definition
based on faulty ideas
The thinking is muddled and fundamentally unsound.
Synonyms
flawed,
faulty,
weak,
false,
shaky,
unreliable,
invalid,
defective,
illogical,
erroneous,
specious,
fallacious,
ill-founded
in the sense of untrue
Definition
incorrect or false
The allegations were completely untrue.
Synonyms
false,
lying,
wrong,
mistaken,
misleading,
incorrect,
inaccurate,
sham,
dishonest,
deceptive,
spurious,
erroneous,
fallacious,
untruthful
in the sense of wide of the mark
That comparison isn't as wide of the mark as it seems.