Used in a Sentence

faulty

How to use faulty in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for faulty.

Editorial note

By the grace of faulty nylon, I'm still here.

Examples11
Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

adjective

characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for faulty.

adjective

having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

adjective

characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"

Example sentences

1

By the grace of faulty nylon, I'm still here.

2

[2] Colors were indexed from 0-255 with ACI[0] being "byblock" so the logic was actually faulty.

3

He did not get it here, and that is a sad testament to how crowd-inspired frenzies can bend our perceptions in such faulty ways.

4

I don't think calling Apple out on selling a faulty $3000 laptop and refusing to repair it counts as histrionics or spam.

5

For example, a faulty data model that is let to grow to terabytes of information.

6

They first sort the faulty batch into two categories: the better ones that can be salvaged by LG itself, and the worse ones that have to go somewhere else.

7

[Edit: I last did this in 2006 and my recollection on some of the steps I took was faulty, so I've corrected them above and made it a little more flow-charty.

8

It is to accept the faulty premise that privacy is about hiding something -- that it is an active attempt to conceal information from the world.

9

Byzantine agreement with 3f+1 nodes can handle at most f faulty nodes, while Bitcoin can tolerate 49% of the network hashing power being malicious.

10

You're also relying on potentially faulty/emotional memories rather than having an actual stored account of issues.

11

To prevent this, you would need to be able to detect when a node is faulty/malicious which would require implementing a costly Byzantine Consensus Protocol [1].

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use faulty in a sentence?

By the grace of faulty nylon, I'm still here.

What does faulty mean?

having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

What part of speech is faulty?

faulty is commonly used as adjective.