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Fault
fɔːlt
- an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character
"my worst fault is impatience"
flaw fault failing deficiency weakness weak point weak spot shortcoming fallibility frailty infirmity foible inadequacy limitation flaws faults faultiness irregularity abnormality distortion deformity malformation misshapenness- a break or other defect in an electric circuit or piece of machinery
"a fire caused by an electrical fault"
- a misguided action or habit
"the fault of the keen therapist is to start to intervene during the assessment phase"
- (in tennis and similar games) a service of the ball not in accordance with the rules
- (in showjumping) a penalty point imposed for an error
- responsibility for an accident or misfortune
"if books were not selling, it wasn't the fault of the publishers"
- an extended break in a rock formation, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular plane
"a landscape broken by numerous faults"
- criticize for inadequacy or mistakes
"her superiors could not fault her dedication to the job"
find fault with find lacking- do wrong
"the people of Caesarea faulted greatly when they called King Herod a god"
- (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults
"the continental crust has been thinned and faulted as a result of geological processes"