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nouna wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattentiontype of:
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nounan imperfection in an object or machinetype of:
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nounthe quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
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noun(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
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verbput or pin the blame on
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noun(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)type of:
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nounresponsibility for a bad situation or eventtype of:
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noun(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area)
Examples of fault
- "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
- "he knew his own faults much better than she did"
- "they built it right over a geological fault"
- "he studied the faulting of the earth's crust"
- "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it"
- "it was John's fault"
- "he served too many double faults"