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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Faulty  \Fault"y\,  a. 
  1.  Containing  faults,  blemishes,  or  defects;  imperfect;  not 
  fit  for  the  use  intended. 
 
  Created  once  So  goodly  and  erect,  though  faulty 
  since.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  Guilty  of  a  fault,  or  of  faults;  hence  blamable;  worthy 
  of  censure.  --Shak. 
 
  The  king  doth  speak  .  .  .  as  one  which  is  faulty. 
  --2  Sam.  xiv. 
  13. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  faulty 
  adj  1:  having  a  defect;  "I  returned  the  appliance  because  it  was 
  defective"  [syn:  {defective}] 
  2:  characterized  by  errors;  "he  submitted  a  faulty  report" 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  faulty  adj  Non-functional;  buggy.  Same  denotation  as 
  {bletcherous},  {losing},  q.v.,  but  the  connotation  is  much  milder. 
 
 




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