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adjective

faulty

CEFR B2

having a defect

In a sentence

Six example sentences with faulty, each labelled with its topic.

  • A faulty temperature sensor reported freezing weather in July, so the system kept switching the greenhouse heaters on.

    Technology

  • The bakery lost a whole morning's bread to a faulty oven thermostat that ran sixty degrees hotter than its dial claimed.

    Cooking

  • Every frame came back with a green stripe down one side, and the shop traced it to a faulty shutter.

    Photography

  • Consumer law lets a buyer return a faulty kettle for a full refund within thirty days.

    Law

  • A faulty drain beneath the foundation lifted the floor tiles a full inch in one wet winter.

    Architecture

  • A faulty shot clock stopped the game twice, and officials finished the quarter counting on a stopwatch.

    Basketball

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