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発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /flɔːd/
• (米国発音) IPA: /flɔd/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA: /flɑd/
• 韻: -ɔːd

形容詞

flawed (comparative more flawed, superlative most flawed)

1. Having a flaw or imperfection.

   Antonyms: perfect, flawless; see also Thesaurus:flawless

   Flawed diamonds are generally not used in jewellery.

   His design for a perpetual motion machine is flawed because water does not flow uphill.

   • 2018 June 14, Timothy Snyder, “How Did the Nazis Gain Power in Germany?”, in The New York Times:

     He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders.

   • 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 42:

     Yet he was correct on every point, meaning that the Plan was deeply flawed from the start.

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Further reading

• “flawed”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “flawed”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “flawed”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “flawed” (US) / “flawed” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.