FLAWED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flawed mean? 

• FLAWED (adjective)
  The adjective FLAWED has 1 sense:

1. having a blemish or flaw

  Familiarity information: FLAWED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAWED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a blemish or flaw

Synonyms:

blemished; flawed

Context example:

a flawed diamond

Similar:

imperfect (not perfect; defective or inadequate)

 Context examples 

In a study, Dr Hunt reveals the new tool shows the 'safe' limit of BPA stipulated by the US Food and Drug Administration is flawed.

(Humans exposed to far more hormone-disrupting chemicals than thought, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A new moon like the one March 24 this month would have the power to affect you for six months or more, and last year’s new moon was flawed.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I know that a great many empty bottles were one of the consequences of this traffic, and that certain men and boys were employed to examine them against the light, and reject those that were flawed, and to rinse and wash them.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The reason it was flawed is that Uranus (now in Taurus), the planet of unexpected developments, was in a challenging angle to the Sun and new moon at four degrees Aquarius.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)