flawed
Not without blemishes
Flawed means having a flaw—an imperfection, defect, or weakness.
A flawed diamond has visible impurities.
A flawed argument contains logical errors.
A flawed character has moral shortcomings.
The word often acknowledges imperfection without total condemnation: He was flawed but fundamentally decent.
Deeply flawed or fatally flawed signal more serious problems.
Having inherent faults
- faultyHaving defects or errors
- imperfectHaving flaws or faults
- damagedMade worse by injury
- brokenDamaged beyond function
marred · blemished · unsound · substandard · inferior · compromised · tainted · corrupted
Capable of error
- weakLacking power or force
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- humanHomo sapiens individual
- mortalSubject to death
imperfect · troubled · conflicted · complex · nuanced · relatable · realistic · three-dimensional
Having defects or errors
- unsoundWeak or flawed
- invalidWithout legal force
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
- speciousSuperficially plausible but flawed
weak · circular · inconsistent · contradictory · erroneous · mistaken · misguided · irrational
Having surface fractures
- chippedBroken at edge
- scratchedMade shallow marks
- dentedHaving a surface depression
- scarredMarked by healed wounds
blemished · marred · spotted · stained · discolored · pitted · nicked · gouged
Liable to shatter
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- fragileEasily broken or damaged
- weakLacking power or force
- unstableProne to sudden change
shaky · precarious · vulnerable · perishable · deteriorating · crumbling · decrepit · frail
defective
Having inherent faults
broken · marred · blemished · unsound · substandard · inferior · compromised · tainted · corrupted · incomplete
fallible
Capable of error
- weakLacking power or force
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- humanHomo sapiens individual
mortal · imperfect · troubled · conflicted · complex · nuanced · relatable · realistic · three-dimensional · antihero
faulty
Having defects or errors
- unsoundWeak or flawed
- invalidWithout legal force
- fallaciousContaining faulty reasoning
specious · weak · circular · inconsistent · contradictory · erroneous · mistaken · misguided · irrational · illogical
cracked
Having surface fractures
scarred · blemished · marred · spotted · stained · discolored · pitted · nicked · gouged · scuffed
brittle
Liable to shatter
unstable · shaky · precarious · vulnerable · perishable · deteriorating · crumbling · decrepit · frail · tenuous
- reviewsreview, reviews, rating, ratings, critic
- Flawedfaulty, defective, broken, imperfect, botched
- error-pronefaulty, defective, fallible, accident-prone
- defectsdefect, crack, cracks, defective, blemish
- malfunctionsbroken, defective, glitch, faulty, error
- inferiorinferior, substandard, second-rate, second-class, subpar
flawedperfect
Without any flaw
flawless · impeccable · faultless · unblemished · pristine
- fatal flawRuinous character defect
- design flawBuilt-in error in planning
- character flawsPersonal moral weaknesses
- flawless skinBlemish-free dermis
- tragic flawDefect causing protagonist's downfall
- flawed logicInvalid inferential structure