fault
US /fɔlt/
Definition
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The technician found a fault in the electrical system.
Word Family
Synonyms
- mistakea wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
- defectan imperfection in a bodily system
- flawan imperfection in an object or machine
Collocations
- Easy my faulta collocation phrase: my fault
- Medium find fault with presentationto find fault with presentation, meaning to come upon, as if by accident; meet with
- Hard mechanical fault halts productiondescribing mechanical fault halts production (using (or as if using) mechanisms or tools or devices)
- Very Hard strict liability without proof of faultdescribing strict liability without proof of fault (rigidly accurate; allowing no deviation from a standard)
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