| Main Entry: | faulty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working; incorrect |
Synonyms: |
adulterated, amiss, awry, bad, below par, blamable, blemished, botched, broken, cracked, damaged, debased, defective, deficient, distorted, erroneous, fallacious, fallible, false, flawed, frail, impaired, imperfect, imprecise, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, injured, insufficient, invalid, lame, leaky, lemon, maimed, malformed, malfunctioning, marred, out of order, rank, sick, tainted, unfit, unreliable, unretentive, unsound, warped, weak, wrong |
Antonyms: |
accurate, correct, perfect, sound, strong, working |
| Main Entry: | faulty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
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Adjectives: |
average, crude, faulty, incomplete, admissible, bearable, below its full complement, below par, cracked, decent, defective, deficient, fair, found wanting, frail, funest, good enough, imperfect, inadequate, indifferent, inferior, injured, inobjectionable, lame, leaky, mediocre, middling, milk and water, moderately good, not amiss, not bad, not perfect, only better than nothing, ordinary, out of order, out of tune, passable, peccant, pretty good, pretty well, rather good, second best, second-rate, secondary, short-handed, so-so, sprung, tainted, tolerable, under its full complement, under its full strength, unsound, warped, well enough, wonky
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| Main Entry: | amiss |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong; defective |
Synonyms: |
awry, bad, confused, crooked, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, foul, glitched up, haywire, imperfect, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, incorrect, mistaken, out of order, sick, unfair, unlawful, unsuitable, untoward |
Antonyms: |
good, right |
| Main Entry: | bad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor quality |
Synonyms: |
abominable, amiss, atrocious, awful, bad news, beastly, blah*, bottom out, bummer, careless, cheap, cheesy*, crappy*, cruddy, crummy, defective, deficient, diddly, dissatisfactory, downer, dreadful, erroneous, fallacious, faulty, garbage, godawful, grody, gross*, grungy, icky, imperfect, inadequate, incorrect, inferior, junky, lousy*, not good, off, poor, raunchy*, rough, sad, slipshod, stinking, substandard, synthetic, the pits, unacceptable, unsatisfactory |
| Notes: | badly is an adverb to describe an activity; bad is an adjective to describe a condition or state |
Antonyms: |
good, honest, reputable, right, upright, virtuous, worthy |
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working |
Synonyms: |
busted, coming unglued, coming unstuck, defective, disabled, down, exhausted, fallen apart, faulty, feeble, gone, gone to pieces, gone to pot, haywire, imperfect, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, ruined, run-down, screwed up, shot, spent, unsatisfactory, weak, wracked, wrecked |
Antonyms: |
fixed, unbroken, working |
| Main Entry: | defective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
Synonyms: |
abnormal, amiss, blemished, damaged, deficient, faulty, flawed, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufficient, lacking, on the bum, out of order, poor, seconds, sick, subnormal, unfinished, unhealthy, unsound, wanting |
Antonyms: |
excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | deficient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | imperfect, inadequate |
Synonyms: |
amiss, bad, damaged, defective, exiguous, faulty, flawed, found wanting, impaired, incomplete, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufficient, lacking, marred, meager, not cut out for, not enough, not make it, not up to scratch, outta gas, rare, scant, scanty*, scarce, second fiddle, second string, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, third string, unassembled, unequal, unfinished, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak |
Antonyms: |
adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, flawless, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, superfluous |
| Main Entry: | delinquent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irresponsible, defaulting |
Synonyms: |
behind, blamable, blameworthy, careless, censurable, criminal, culpable, defaultant, derelict, disregardful, faulty, guilty, lax, neglectful, negligent, offending, overdue, procrastinating, red-handed, remiss, reprehensible, shabby, slack, tardy, unpaid |
Antonyms: |
behaving, careful, responsible |
| Main Entry: | deplorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfortunate, shameful |
Synonyms: |
afflictive, awful, blameworthy, bummer, calamitous, dire, dirty, disastrous, disgraceful, dishonorable, disreputable, distressing, dolorous, downer, dreadful, execrable, faulty, godawful, grievous, grim, heartbreaking, heartrending, horrifying, intolerable, lamentable, lousy, melancholy, miserable, mournful, opprobrious, overwhelming, pitiable, poor, regrettable, reprehensible, rotten, sad, scandalous, sickening, stinking, terrible, tragic, unbearable, unsatisfactory, woeful, wretched |
Antonyms: |
cheerful, delightful, excellent, good, happy, shameless |
| Main Entry: | erroneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong, incorrect |
Synonyms: |
all off, all wet, amiss, askew, awry, defective, fallacious, false, faulty, flawed, inaccurate, inexact, invalid, misguided, mistaken, off, specious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, untrue, way off, wrong number |
Antonyms: |
correct, right, true, valid |