flawed

Having a flaw or imperfection.

Adjective

  1. Having a flaw or imperfection.
    • Flawed diamonds are generally not used in jewellery.
    • His design for a perpetual motion machine is flawed because water does not flow uphill.
    • He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders. - 2018 June 14, Timothy Snyder, “How Did the Nazis Gain Power in...

    Antonyms: perfect flawless indefectible faultless ideal immaculate impeccable infallible irreproachable pristine unblemished

Origin

From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw + -ed.

Forms

more flawed most flawed

Derived

unflawed