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The state of being defective
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faultiness
Word definitions for faultiness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Faultiness \Fault"i*ness\, n. Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. --Shak.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The quality of being faulty.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the state of being defective [syn: defectiveness ]
Usage examples of faultiness.
The character of the publican and sinner is not always practically incompatible with that of the modern Pharisee, for the majority of us scarcely see more distinctly the faultiness of our own conduct than the faultiness of our own arguments, or the dulness of our own jokes.
A land line call to his buddy Roy, W6AMD, brought the disturbing news that last Thursday night, at a time when K6ATX was rafting down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, the Condor had responded to net control's check-in roll call with his same sweet-toned signal--but with a faultiness of keymanship that bore scant resemblance to his skilled brasspounding of former years.