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Antonyms for flawed

Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : flawd
Phonetic Transcription : flɔd


Definition of flawed

Origin :
  • early 15c. (implied in flawed); see flaw (n.). Related: Flawing.
  • As in incorrect : adj wrong
  • As in lacking : adj wanting, deficient
  • As in unsound : adj not well; flimsy
  • As in untenable : adj indefensible
  • As in damaged : adj broken, not working
  • As in defective : adj broken, not working
  • As in deficient : adj imperfect, inadequate
  • As in dysfunctional : adj socially impaired
  • As in erroneous : adj wrong, incorrect
  • As in faulty : adj not working; incorrect
  • As in amiss : adj wrong; defective
  • As in impaired : adj injured, faulty
  • As in scar : verb mark, hurt
  • As in misshape : verb deform
  • As in deform : verb distort, disfigure
Example sentences :
  • They may be flawed—they may be true—hardly any one has thought of sounding them.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Natural Theology » by William Jackson
  • And yet much of Tarkington's work is flawed by a curious failing.
  • Extract from : « Seeing Things at Night » by Heywood Broun
  • The clear mirror had caught its own image clearly in the flawed one at last.
  • Extract from : « The Turmoil » by Booth Tarkington
  • And it was something golden and immortal in her poor, flawed, human heart.
  • Extract from : « The Brimming Cup » by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
  • It is the American story—a story of flawed and fallible people, united across the generations by grand and enduring ideals.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • We are now accustomed to the notion of great art as the product of a flawed life.
  • Extract from : « A Poetical Review of the Literary and Moral Character of the late Samuel Johnson (1786) » by John Courtenay
  • My flawed life has that to felicitate upon—that I have not spent it in fat lumps of writing, magazine tales and sex-novels.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
  • It too is all the time under my skin though I write along but in this flawed song of myself.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
  • The Finn woman owns about the same thing in a life which may be more still and flawed than mine: her love for strong drink.
  • Extract from : « I, Mary MacLane » by Mary MacLane
  • The Bulfontein crystals are usually small white octahedras of very good color, but many are flawed.
  • Extract from : « The Wonder Book of Knowledge » by Various

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