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fault::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | error, mistake |
| Type of | nonachievement, nonaccomplishment |
| Has types | boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, cockup, confusion, distortion, revoke, balls-up, ballup, betise, bloomer, blooper, blot, blunder, flub, folly, foolishness, foul-up, fuckup, imbecility, incursion, lapse, mess-up, miscalculation, miscue, misestimation, misreckoning, mix-up, offside, omission, oversight, parapraxis, pratfall, renege, skip, slip, slip-up, smear, smirch, spot, stain, stupidity |
| Derivation | faulty |
I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | defect, flaw |
| Type of | imperfection, imperfectness |
| Has types | glitch, bug, hole, blister |
| Derivation | faulty |
fault::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | break, faulting, fracture, geological fault, shift |
| Type of | crack, crevice, fissure, cleft, scissure |
| Has types | strike-slip fault, inclined fault |
they built it right over a geological fault.
he studied the faulting of the earth's crust.
fault::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | equipment failure, breakdown |
it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it.
fault::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | responsibility, responsibleness |
it was John's fault.
fault::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | service, serve |
| Has types | double fault, footfault |
he served too many double faults.
Examples of fault
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Frequently, the store makes the mistakes, but sometimes the errors are my fault.
From the thenewstribune.com
The settlement doesn't require Irwin Naturals to acknowledge fault or liability.
From the sacbee.com
Osama has sworn to me on the Koran it was not him and he is truthful to a fault.
From the washingtontimes.com
This isn't Apple's fault, but I can't say the same about certain design choices.
From the businessweek.com
So technically, the delay wasn't Apple's fault and you didn't buy its insurance.
From the kansas.com
With regards to offseason moves, once again, Reagins can't be too much at fault.
From the latimes.com
The largest earthquakes occur in the north and usually rupture the entire fault.
From the sciencedaily.com
This is not to say that when men and women cheat it is the other person's fault.
From the suntimes.com
Knowing it is not your fault and you are not imagining things can be liberating.
From the dailymail.co.uk
- Blame: put or pin the blame on
- Mistake: 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"
- Defect: 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"
- Demerit: 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"
- (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"
- (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"
- In computing, an interrupt is an asynchronous signal indicating the need for attention or a synchronous event in software indicating the need for a change in execution.
- The term fault is used in animal breed standards to describe an aspect of appearance or temperament that is considered detrimental to the breed type of the animal's breed. ...
- In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock, across which there has been significant displacement. Large faults within the Earth's crust result from the action of tectonic forces. ...
