flawed
Use Flawed in a sentence
adjective
characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
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noun
1.
a feature that mars the perfection of something; defect; fault: beauty without flaw; the flaws in our plan.
2.
a defect impairing legal soundness or validity.
verb (used with object)
4.
to produce a flaw in.
verb (used without object)
5.
to contract a flaw; become cracked or defective.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English flaw(e), flage, perhaps < Old Norse flaga sliver, flake
1275–1325; Middle English flaw(e), flage, perhaps < Old Norse flaga sliver, flake
Related forms
flaw·less, adjective
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flaw1 (flɔː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an imperfection, defect, or blemish |
| 2. | a crack, breach, or rift |
| 3. | law an invalidating fault or defect in a document or proceeding |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to make or become blemished, defective, or imperfect |
| [C14: probably from Old Norse flaga stone slab; related to Swedish flaga chip, flake, flaw] | |
| 'flawless1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'flawlessly1 | |
| —adv | |
| 'flawlessness1 | |
| —n | |
| flaw2 (flɔː) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a sudden short gust of wind; squall |
| b. a spell of bad, esp windy, weather | |
| 2. | obsolete an outburst of strong feeling |
| [C16: of Scandinavian origin; related to Norwegian flaga squall, gust, Middle Dutch vlāghe] | |
| 'flawy2 | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
flaw
early 14c., "snowflake, spark of fire," from O.N. flaga "stone slab, flake" (see flagstone); sense of "defect, fault" first recorded 1580s, first of character, later (c.1600) of material things; probably via notion of a "fragment" broken off. Related: Flawed (early 15c.).
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Example sentences
Many people who have had access to its pages consider it a flawed masterpiece.
Most of those mortgages based on wacky new products or provided to borrowers with flawed credit backgrounds began going bad.
Research consistently confirms that the flawed permission slips do not improve the patient's understanding or safety.
But the invasion proved to be a debacle wrapped in a debacle, almost criminally flawed in its planning and execution.
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