fault in Kashmiri कॉशुर
fault in Sindhi سنڌي
fault in English
- fault⇄expr. at fault,
a. deserving blame; wrong.
Ex. Nature ... has been at fault (Leslie Stephen). Whether it's the church or the state (or both) that's at fault ... , the result is the same (Maclean's).
b. uncertain.
Ex. His theory - fault⇄expr. find fault with, to object to; criticize.
Ex. He found fault with very small and unimportant details and overlooked the main idea. - fault⇄expr. find fault, to find mistakes; complain.
Ex. Why do you find fault so much? - fault⇄expr. in fault, deserving blame; wrong.
Ex. When weak poets go astray, The stars are more in fault than they (Winthrop M. Praed). - fault⇄expr. to a fault, too much; excessively.
Ex. Grandmother is generous to a fault. The actor played his part to a fault and looked silly before the audience. - fault⇄fault, noun, verb.
- fault⇄noun 1. something that is not as it should be; defect; flaw.
Ex. Her dog has two faults; it eats too much, and it howls at night. Sloppiness is his greatest fault. A fault in wiring started the fire. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But - fault⇄v.i. 1. (Geology.) (of rock strata) to undergo a fault or faults.
2. to commit a fault. - fault⇄v.t. 1. (Geology.) to cause a fault in.
2. to find fault with.
Ex. We could not fault him on his knowledge of algebra. It is difficult ... to fault the logic which leads to these gloomy conclusions (Stewart Alsop).