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[ US /ˈfɫɔ/ ]
[ UK /flˈɔː/ ]
VERB
  1. add a flaw or blemish to; make imperfect or defective
NOUN
  1. an imperfection in an object or machine
    if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer
    a flaw caused the crystal to shatter
  2. defect or weakness in a person's character
    he had his flaws, but he was great nonetheless
  3. an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

How To Use flaw In A Sentence

  • Yet there is one basic flaw in the argument. The Sun
  • The two leads give crackerjack performances, their timing, dynamism and interaction almost flawless.
  • Although the strategy was flawed by its excessive voluntarism, it did force the party to modernize itself.
  • The fact that his acting was flawless in every way while talking to his other ... gv 2010 Academy Awards Winners | /Film
  • When faced with mass desertion, regiments often lacked the personnel to pursue the scofflaws, and soldiers could count on the sympathy of civilians willing to give them jobs rather than report them.
  • The service is flawless; and every employee you pass in the corridor greets you with the unstudied politeness that is the hallmark of a great hotel.
  • I'd digitally greet him, applaud him, shake his hand, give him daps, but there's a flaw within the fine print, a question i got to ask— A poetic response
  • The report reveals fatal flaws in security at the airport.
  • The heavy-handed allusiveness may just be an aesthetic mistake, a secondary flaw we have to countenance while otherwise acknowledging the narrative power of the novel as a whole. Translated Texts
  • It's fisking an article that has so many flaws that criticizing it is like shooting fish in a barrel.
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