flaws 1 of 2

noun

plural of flaw
as in defects
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing noted the flaw in the diamond before I bought it

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flaws

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verb

present tense third-person singular of flaw
as in damages
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of that crack has flawed the vase to the extent that its value in the antiques market is greatly reduced

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Recent Examples of flaws
Noun
The Royals have several flaws that have left the team near the bottom of the American League standings, with the bullpen’s performance potentially the most notable. — Christian Marshall, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 Unlike now, when Google is widely seen as both portal and gatekeeper, sites like AltaVista, Lycos, Excite, HotBot, and Ask Jeeves promised to tame the chaos, each with its own suite of quirks, charms, and flaws. — Alan Bradley, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2026 That’s either an amazing coincidence of errors or the studies were cynically designed to contrive flaws in RCV. — Paul Haughey, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 OpenAI said its models found another route into Artifactory by chaining flaws involving Artifactory and JRuby behavior. — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The journalist, who has her own complex backstory, has uncovered evidence suggesting there are flaws in Kersten’s version of events and wants to confront him on the facts. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 But Schoenbrun sticks up for the right to forgive a movie’s flaws. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 Do not turn disappointment into a silent performance review or a list of flaws. — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026 The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and even top developers can be caught off-guard by flaws their models can exploit. — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flaws
  1. defects
  2. damages
  3. scars
  4. mars
  5. blotches
  6. compromises
  7. faults
  8. injures
Noun
  • Trunk Damage The trunk is the tree’s main support system, so significant defects warrant close attention.
    — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Heart defects are the most common congenital malformations, followed by neural tube defects, which are typically carried to term.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of defects
Verb
  • The study also found that 28% of all meetings have long-lasting negative effects, and nearly half of the workforce (47%) actively damages coworker relationships by venting about their frustration after the fact.
    — Janine Schindler, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • So gadusol is this natural compound that some fish make, especially in their eggs, to protect themselves from that same ultraviolet light that damages our skin.
    — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of damages
Noun
  • The disease can lead to scars or lesions, which may slow or block signals from the brain.
    — Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026
  • The silky, buildable formula camouflages all things acne scars, dark circles, and other blemishes without looking thick or cakey.
    — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of scars
Verb
  • Especially the guy who bangs a wrecking ball against the historic East Wing to make room for an incongruous ballroom monstrosity, who mars the sacred Oval Office with gold glitter and paves over the lovely Rose Garden.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Jacob Whitehead Homophobic chant mars Mexico’s win Before the World Cup, the Mexican football federation launched a campaign that featured the heroes of the country’s 1986 World Cup side.
    — Jack Lang, New York Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of mars
Noun
  • The next morning, a galaxy of itchy red bumps and blotches stretched from my shoulder to my hip.
    — Ben Crair, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
  • Verticillium wilt causes similar blotches and yellowing.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2026
Definition of blotches
Verb
  • Other compromises the Founders made—such as protecting slavery—have long since fallen by the wayside.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026
  • If a cell ever compromises, the liquid acts as an immediate internal fire extinguisher.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
Definition of compromises
Noun
  • The network experiences around 150 to 200 cable faults annually.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The authors created a 28-second animation, showing how tectonic strain increased along the faults over the last 1,000 years.
    — Rong-Gong Lin II Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of faults
Verb
  • The heist goes wrong when one sister injures her back and ends up trapped on the second floor, setting off an increasingly frantic bid to get out before the homeowner comes home.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Early on in the clip, Jake Johnson’s former tennis star Dusty Boyd trips over the net and injures his wrist in a bad way.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 June 2026
Definition of injures

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