mistake
error fault | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention, he made a bad mistake, she was quick to point out my errors, I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults |
| double fault | (tennis) two successive faults in serving resulting in the loss of the point |
| fault | (sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area), he served too many double faults |
| fault | responsibility for a bad situation or event, it was John's fault |
demerit
fault | the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection, they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel, he knew his own faults much better than she did |
| fault | (electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.), it took much longer to find the fault than to fix it |
| fault line | (geology) line determined by the intersection of a geological fault and the earth's surface |
| Denali Fault | a major open geological fault in Alaska |
fault
faulting
geological fault
shift
fracture
break | (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other, they built it right over a geological fault, he studied the faulting of the earth's crust |
| inclined fault | a geological fault in which one side is above the other |
normal fault
gravity fault
common fault | an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall |
| San Andreas Fault | a major geological fault in California, runs from San Diego to San Francisco, the source of serious earthquakes |
| strike-slip fault | a geological fault in which one of the adjacent surfaces appears to have moved horizontally |
thrust fault
overthrust fault
reverse fault | a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression |
no fault insurance
no fault automobile insurance | a system of automobile insurance where a party who is injured in an automobile accident recovers damages up to a specific amount against his own insurance company regardless of who was responsible for the accident, the amount of litigation resulting from minor accidents is reduced by no fault insurance |
defect
fault
flaw | an imperfection in an object or machine, a flaw caused the crystal to shatter, if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer |
blame
fault | put or pin the blame on |
| blame find fault a pick | harass with constant criticism, Don't always pick on your little brother |
| at fault | deserving blame, admitted to being at fault |
excessively
overly
to a fault
too | to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits, too big |