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efects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended. Created once So goodly and erect, though faulty since. Milton.

by simply removing what is erroneous, corrupt, superfluous, faulty, and the like;

Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper; as, it may not be amiss to ask advice.

Incomplete or faulty development.

Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible; censurable; blameworthy. -- Blam"a*ble*ness, n. -- Blam"a*bly (, adv.

Faulty; meriting blame. Shak.

raight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; nnot faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views. Always use the most correct editions. Felton.

Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. State Trials (1413). If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. Sharp.

To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage. For small errors they whole plays decry. Dryden. Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturally decried by the other. Addison.

Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.

The act of altering for the better, or correcting what is erroneous or faulty; correction; improvement. "He lies in his sin without repentance or emendation." Jer. Taylor.

In a faulty manner.

Quality or state of being faulty. Round, even to faultiness. Shak.

Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty. Johnson.

Not correct; not according to a copy or model, or to established rules; inaccurate; faulty. The piece, you think, is incorrect. Pope.

Faulty or imperfect nutrition.

ed and interested schemes of ...obnoxious authors." Bp. Fell. All are obnoxious, and this faulty land, Like fainting Hester, does before you stand Watching your scepter. Waller.

Wrong; defective; faulty. [R.] Ayliffe.

Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth.

Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -