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fault
has definitions from the fields of sport,tennis,geology,electronics
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[ noun ] a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Examples "he made a bad mistake" "she was quick to point out my errors" "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults" Used in print (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)And the fault , of_course , was Rameau 's . The fault was Rameau 's and that of the whole culture of this Parisian age . |
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[ noun ] (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.)
Examples "it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it" Related terms |
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[ noun ] an imperfection in a device or machine
Examples "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" Used in print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)After the coach listed all the boy 's faults , Hartweger said , `` Coach before I leave here , you 'll get to like me '' . (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)Look at the physical features of the land to determine how desirable it is for use , what can be done to correct the faults , and what it will cost to make the area meet your needs in_comparison_to other sites . (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)Whatever their faults , they are not hypocrites . (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)She was a living doll and no mistake - the blue-black bang , the wide cheekbones , olive flushed , that betrayed the Cherokee strain in her Midwestern lineage , and the mouth whose only fault , in the novelist 's carping phrase , was that the lower lip was a_trifle too voluptuous . Related terms |
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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
Synonyms Examples "they built it right over a geological fault" |
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[ noun ] responsibility for a bad situation or event
Examples "it was John's fault" Related terms |
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