as in criticized
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
you should look at your own work before faulting what others have done
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Recent Examples of faulted
The lawsuit also faulted organizers for not ensuring attendees did not have weapons, tear gas or bear spray, for allowing attendees to enter the festival from multiple unmonitored points and for not imposing security measures after problems at previous events.
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Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
The senators’ letter also faulted the way Tesla counts crashes in its safety reports.
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Samantha Elkins,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Guerra said while Bass can do much of her job from another city for a day, a mayor is often faulted for not being front and center during an emergency.
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Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Pitts, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, faulted the administration for carrying out the arrests and for holding people in nearby cells for longer than a prescribed 12-hour limit.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
Their work is faulted as factually wrong and politically motivated.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
The lawsuit faulted Jacksonville Beach Police for hiring and putting O’Connell on a sensitive case despite his own legal history.
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ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
Chwalinska double-faulted on the opening point of the match, but was the first player to hold serve in the fifth game.
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CBS News,
6 June 2026
Anisimova caught her toss, but then double-faulted and lost the game.
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James Hansen,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2026
The senators’ letter also faulted the way Tesla counts crashes in its safety reports.
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Samantha Elkins,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Guerra said while Bass can do much of her job from another city for a day, a mayor is often faulted for not being front and center during an emergency.
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Noah Goldberg,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Pitts, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, faulted the administration for carrying out the arrests and for holding people in nearby cells for longer than a prescribed 12-hour limit.
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ABC News,
23 June 2026
Their work is faulted as factually wrong and politically motivated.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
12 June 2026
The lawsuit faulted Jacksonville Beach Police for hiring and putting O’Connell on a sensitive case despite his own legal history.
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ArsTechnica,
10 June 2026
Chwalinska double-faulted on the opening point of the match, but was the first player to hold serve in the fifth game.
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CBS News,
6 June 2026
Anisimova caught her toss, but then double-faulted and lost the game.
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James Hansen,
New York Times,
30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for faulted
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The program posed a massive political problem for Mamdani, who’s been criticized by both his allies and opponents for his stance.
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While state studies have criticized the state’s education governance model, voters have rejected at least four attempts dating back to 1928 to reform the position.
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In Guadalajara, South Korea’s opening day win against Czech Republic was headlined by empty seats, which FIFA blamed on several fans watching the game from the stadium concourses.
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Officials directly blamed the unrest on severe staffing shortages.
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Researchers sometimes refer to these influences as permission structures, or social cues that signal whether certain behaviors are likely to be rewarded, ignored or condemned.
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The author — who first came under fire in 2020 for making remarks widely condemned as transphobic — has denied being transphobic, defending her views as pro-feminist.
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Hezbollah, not included in the talks, has denounced them.
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These tensions flared to their worst level since the invasion this week, when Nawrocki denounced and stripped Zelensky of the Order of the White Eagle, awarded to him in 2023, over the honoring of the UPA.
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“Faulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faulted. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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