flawed
English
Etymology
From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw + -ed.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːd
Adjective
flawed (comparative more flawed, superlative most flawed)
- Having a flaw or imperfection.
- Antonyms: perfect, flawless; see also Thesaurus:flawless
- Flawed diamonds are generally not used in jewellery.
- His design for a perpetual motion machine is flawed because water does not flow uphill.
- 2018 June 14, Timothy Snyder, “How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?”, in The New York Times:
- He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders.
- 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:
- Yet he was correct on every point, meaning that the Plan was deeply flawed from the start.
Collocations
Collocations
- flawed system
- flawed logic
- flawed character
- flawed assumption
- flawed nature
- flawed reasoning
- flawed argument
- flawed understanding
- flawed approach
- flawed plan
- flawed process
- flawed data
- flawed man
- flawed person
- flawed hero
- flawed work
- flawed masterpiece
- flawed glass
- flawed mirror
- flawed novel
Translations
having a flaw
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Further reading
- “flawed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “flawed”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “flawed”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “flawed” (US) / “flawed” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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