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Meaning of flaw in English
(Definition of flaw from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of flaw from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
flaw | Business English
The company had to spend millions correcting design flaws.
serious/major/minor flaw (in sth) There seemed to be no serious flaws in the proposal and it was recommended for further consideration.
Examples of flaw
flaw
But that customizability is also its greatest flaw.
From Gizmodo
His flaw was that he trusted the people around him.
From Huffington Post
One flaw in the scientists' research is that they studied the most inappropriate place possible.
From Slate Magazine
The flaw was in the reporting of the results.
From Wired
And in fact, his greatness comes from the fact that he does have flaws, not that he's flawless.
From NPR
Over the past eight months, a large number of criticalsecurity flaws have been found and patched.
From Ars Technica
At times there are unintended flaws or biases in the study design, and at other times the findings are misrepresented or overblown.
From Los Angeles Times
This represents perhaps the trickiest flaw in modern translations: missing the important parts of metaphor and other symbolic language.
From Huffington Post
Everyone has their flaws and this goes throughout the history of the game.
From Chicago Tribune
Artificially justifing the legitimacy of any religion by tolerance is clearly a flaw.
From TIME
As familiar as the narrative has become, however, it has serious flaws.
From Huffington Post
But this argument suffers from two key flaws.
From NPR
The study however finds there were no flaws in protocol.
From CBS Local
If a true right is established, soft forces and hard law can begin to fundamentally alter the immense flaws of the education system nationwide.
From The Atlantic
That sounds like a major flaw in the toolbox.
From Ars Technica
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Collocations with flaw
flaw
These are words often used in combination with flaw.
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basic flaw
Rather, its basic flaw is related to the value of autonomy.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
character flaw
The belief that depression was a character flaw was greater at baseline the longer the physician worked in the clinic (r= x0.24, p<0.03).
From the Cambridge English Corpus
design flaw
Instruction thus seems to have led many learners to overlook this design flaw in the pragmatics of the test items.
From the Cambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Translations of flaw
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दोष, चुका…
zaaf, zayıflık, kusur…
défaut [masculine], faille [feminine], défaut…
欠点（けってん）…
defect…
ஒரு தவறு, குற்றம் அல்லது பலவீனம், குறிப்பாக ஏதாவது திட்டமிடப்படும்போது அல்லது செய்யப்படும்போது ஏற்படும்…
खामी, त्रुटी, कमी…
દોષ, ખામી…
fejl…
fel, brist, svag punkt…
kecacatan…
der Fehler…
feil [masculine], svakhet [masculine], mangel [masculine]…
بنیادی خامی, نقص, عیب…
дефект, вада…
изъян, недостаток…
తప్పు, పొరపాటు లేదా బలహీనత, ముఖ్యంగా ఏదో ప్రణాళిక చేయబడినప్పుడు లేదా తయారు చేయబడినప్పుడు జరిగేది లేదా ఏదో పరిపూర్ణంగా ఉండకపోవడానికి కారణమవుతుంది…
ত্রুটি, দুর্বলতা…
vada…
cacat…
ข้อบกพร่อง…
vết nhơ, thói xấu, chỗ hỏng…
błąd, skaza…
