different between unbalanced vs faulty

English

Etymology

From un- +? balanced.

Adjective

unbalanced (comparative more unbalanced, superlative most unbalanced)

1. not balanced, without equilibrium; dizzy

   Synonyms: out of whack, lopsided, ill-disposed, unstable, imbalanced, inbalanced

2. irrational or mentally deranged
3. (accounting) not adjusted such that debit and credit correspond
4. (computing) of an expression having different numbers of left and right parentheses
5. (American football) an offensive line with more players on one side of the center than on the other

Translations

Verb

unbalanced

1. simple past tense and past participle of unbalance

English

Etymology

fault +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f??lti/

Adjective

faulty (comparative faultier, superlative faultiest)

1. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.

   They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.

   I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.

2. (obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.iv:

     Her faultie Handmayd, which that bale did breede, / Confest, how Philemon her wrought to chaunge her weede.

Usage notes

• Nouns to which "faulty" is often applied: goods, equipment, product, wiring, construction, memory, thinking, design, hardware, software, unit, part, component, assumption, reasoning, premise, gene, operation, technique, merchandise, circuit, code, analysis, posture, machine, method, habit, process, communication.

Antonyms

• faultless

Derived terms

• faultiness

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