Vocabulary
flaw
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
having or characterized by a fundamental weakness or imperfection.
Urdu meaning
نقص، خامی، عیب، قصور
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Unless this basic flaw is recognised and fixed, any talk of reform is a further waste of time and resources.
- The educational content provided to students in the country, especially in Balochistan, is far below the standards oftheir age group.Thisis a fundamental flaw that continues to widen the gap between education and real-world preparedness.
- However, the Muslim zealot had a flaw in his zealotry.
- This particular idea is not new and it has a simple flaw that my conversations with a number of chartered accountants have made obvious.
Synonyms
unsound, defective, faulty, distorted, inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, imprecise.
Curator example
“a fatally flawed strategy”
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