flawed

English

Etymology

From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw +‎ -ed.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːd

Adjective

flawed (comparative more flawed, superlative most flawed)

1. 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

• Azerbaijani: qüsurlu (az), nöqsanlı, kəsirli, natamam (az), eyibli
• Bulgarian: дефектен (bg) (defekten), напукан (bg) (napukan)
• Dutch: zwak (nl), onjuist (nl)
• Esperanto: mankohava, difekta, difektita
• Finnish: virheellinen (fi)
• French: déficient (fr), incorrect (fr)
• German: fehlerhaft (de), brüchig (de)
• Irish: fabhtach
• Latin: vitīosus, mendōsus
• Maori: muhu
• Spanish: defectuoso (es), fallado (es)
• Swedish: bristfällig (sv)
• Turkish: kusurlu (tr)

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.