mod. fake. : Faulty leather on this chair. Gimme the real stuff.
mod. wrong. : No. You are just faulty about the number.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition. Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Most condom failures result from incorrect use of the condom, not because the condom itself was faulty.
But a faulty memory is a weak defense when the national media is chasing your history.
Since biologists only look at an instant of time, a biologist's timeline isfaulty, one could find better evidence from physics.
Such are the faulty parts of his character, which in all other respects was a noble one.
Airports are in no better shape, with frequent complaints of faulty radar, missing landing lights and cracked runways.
There was news this week of a successful attempt to correct a faulty gene that leads to blindness.
Independent reports suggest the airline failed to implement the aircraft manufacturer's instructions to replace a faulty part.
Architects usually avoid the specifics of construction in order to sidestep liability for faulty results.
But faulty engine nozzles or other damage to the engine could make that impossible.
If these iced up and conveyed faulty data, the pilots might have flown too slow or too fast for the conditions.