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n. - The state of being defective.

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Usage examples (31)
  • Kors: Initial reports on the Corps and the faultiness of the levees were pretty brief.
  • STEINBERG: I don't think there's any question about the faultiness of the intelligence.
  • And so one must -- it is the formidable claim, "immunity of faultiness from fault's punishment."
  • The faultiness cannot be narrowed down to one report; rather, it is their M.O. (modus operandi) which is faulty.
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