fault

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It's not their fault you picked a generic name.

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Quick take

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fault gathered in one view.

noun

an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

noun

the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fault.

noun

an imperfection in an object or machine; "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

noun

the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection; "they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"; "he knew his own faults much better than she did"

noun

(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other; "they built it right over a geological fault"; "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"

See also: faulting, shift, fracture, break

noun

(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.); "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"

noun

responsibility for a bad situation or event; "it was John's fault"

noun

(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area); "he served too many double faults"

verb

put or pin the blame on

Example sentences

It's not their fault you picked a generic name.

It's noble of the author to quit, but it's not his fault.

This is really unfortunate, but it's not all AirBnb's fault.

Comic Sans is just a vector for that, but if you find fault with it, its still the people who are at fault.

They don't see the actual spying as the cause of all the backlash - it's all Snowden's fault for telling the world.

They inevitably end up with an office suite that sucks, but that's not the browser's fault.

I was nevertheless ready to do that too quickly, so the fault is as much mine as the magazine's.

I believe that she's further stoking the internet's rage by refusing to admit any fault.

I'm not saying its entirely their fault - I should have picked up on the warning signs but I was off fundraising for 2 months and didn't notice.

When software -- or idea-ware for that matter -- fails to be accessible to anyone for any reason, it is the fault of the software or of the messaging of the idea.

I know you, the king, are not at fault, but some of these advisers of yours must have accidentally goofed up somewhere..."Whereas if Dell, the electric company, or the garage down the street screws up in your eyes?

But more than anything else, I would fault them for building their entire ecosystem with total disregard for standards, their refusal to work with whatever community existed outside.

More than anything else, this describes an appalling failure at every level of the company's technical infrastructure to ensure even a basic degree of engineering rigor and fault tolerance.

This "non-apology" apology, is the classic example of a tattletale at school...the classic excuse of its not my fault cuz everyone is doing it...more importantly, it is wrong, and demonstrates a "our sh don't stick mentality" exchanging a tweet for a link is considered exchanging services for a link, which does indeed fall under the buying links category.