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NGSL Rank: 1992
fault
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Meanings
noun
  • an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character.
    E.g. my worst fault is impatience
  • responsibility for an accident or misfortune.
    E.g. if books were not selling, it wasn't the fault of the publishers
  • an extended break in a rock formation, marked by the relative displacement and discontinuity of strata on either side of a particular plane.
    E.g. a landscape broken by numerous faults
verb
  • criticize for inadequacy or mistakes.
    E.g. her superiors could not fault her dedication to the job
  • (of a rock formation) be broken by a fault or faults.
    E.g. the continental crust has been thinned and faulted as a result of geological processes

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