FAULTING Synonyms

• harmed or injured or spoiled

• being unjustly brought into disrepute

• having a defect

• markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior

• not working properly

• of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

• inadequate in amount or degree

• falling short of some prescribed norm

• having a defect

• characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules

• having a blemish or flaw

• diminished in strength, quality, or utility

• mentally or physically unfit

• not perfect; defective or inadequate

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that is on-going

• wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings

• lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

• of insufficient quantity to meet a need

• not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

• not in accord with established usage or procedure

• (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles

• characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules

• poorly conceived or thought out

• wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

• wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

• arising from error

• reclaimed wool fiber

• made of inferior workmanship and materials

• unethical or dishonest

• falling short of some prescribed norm

• not giving satisfaction

• nonexistent

• inadequate in amount or degree

• not correct; not in conformity with fact or truth

• contrary to conscience or morality or law

• based on or acting or judging in error

• that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law

• any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right

• in an incorrect manner

• not appropriate for a purpose or occasion

• not functioning properly

• not in accord with established usage or procedure

• used of the side of cloth or clothing intended to face inward

• badly timed

• characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules

• treat unjustly; do wrong to

• an accusation that you are responsible for some lapse or misdeed

• a reproach for some lapse or misdeed

• expletives used informally as intensifiers

• put or pin the blame on

• harass with constant criticism

• attribute responsibility to

• some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

• an unexpected piece of good luck

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• the act of breaking something

• a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• the occurrence of breaking

• an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice (as at puberty or due to emotion)

• the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool

• (tennis) a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving

• an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity

• a sudden dash

• any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare

• an escape from jail

• terminate or end

• become separated into pieces or fragments

• render inoperable or ineffective

• ruin completely

• destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• move away or escape suddenly

• scatter or part

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• prevent completion

• enter someone's (virtual or real) property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act

• make submissive, obedient, or useful

• fail to agree with; be in violation of; as of rules or patterns

• surpass in excellence

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret

• come into being

• stop operating or functioning

• interrupt a continued activity

• make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing

• curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves

• lessen in force or effect

• be broken in

• come to an end

• vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity

• cause to give up a habit

• give up

• come forth or begin from a state of latency

• happen or take place

• cause the failure or ruin of

• invalidate by judicial action

• discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

• assign to a lower position; reduce in rank

• reduce to bankruptcy

• change directions suddenly

• emerge from the surface of a body of water

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• do a break dance

• exchange for smaller units of money

• destroy the completeness of a set of related items

• make the opening shot that scatters the balls

• separate from a clinch, in boxing

• go to pieces

• break a piece from a whole

• become punctured or penetrated

• pierce or penetrate

• be released or become known; of news

• cease an action temporarily

• interrupt the flow of current in

• undergo breaking

• find a flaw in

• find the solution or key to

• change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another

• happen

• become fractured; break or crack on the surface only

• crack; of the male voice in puberty

• fall sharply

• fracture a bone of

• diminish or discontinue abruptly

• weaken or destroy in spirit or body

• an imperfection in a bodily system

• a failing or deficiency

• an imperfection in an object or machine

• a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

• desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army