(n.) A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.
(n.) A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute.
(n.) A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel.
(n.) A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration.
(v. t.) To crack; to make flaws in.
(v. t.) To break; to violate; to make of no effect.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, each of the studies had numerous methodological flaws which biased their results against finding a relationship: either their outcome measures had questionable validity, their research designs were inappropriate, or the statistical analyses were poorly conceived.
(2) Its experiments are so hopelessly flawed that the results are meaningless."
(3) Clute and Harrison took a scalpel to the flaws of the science fiction we loved, and we loved them for it.
(4) I can still see flaws in what I'm doing, but I think I delivered.
(5) In an interview with the Guardian, James Hansen, the world's pre-eminent climate scientist, said any agreement likely to emerge from the negotiations would be so deeply flawed that it would be better to start again from scratch.
(6) We conclude that individual case review can be severely flawed and therefore should not be used to measure institutional quality of patient care.
(7) The power of the landed elite is often cited as a major structural flaw in Pakistani politics – an imbalance that hinders education, social equality and good governance (there is no agricultural tax in Pakistan).
(8) The council offered him a tea urn | Frances Ryan Read more Government attempts to decrease the disproportionately high levels of unemployment among disabled people have had little impact, the report notes, while notorious “fit-for-work” tests were riven with flaws.
(9) Michael Brune, executive director of the Sierra Club, said he was "outraged" by what he described as the administration's "deeply flawed analysis and what can only be interpreted as lip service to one of the greatest threats to our children's future: climate disruption".
(10) What the film does, though, is use these incidents to build an idiosyncratic but insightful picture of Lawrence, played indelibly by Peter O'Toole in his debut role: a complicated, egomaniacal and physically masochistic man, at once god-like and all too flawed, with a tenuous grip both on reality and on sanity.
(11) fbi justified homicide chart Academics and specialists have long been aware of flaws in the FBI numbers, which are based on voluntary submissions by local law enforcement agencies of paperwork known as supplementary homicide reports.
(12) The system was "flawed" and the rules were "vague".
(13) Most of the 138 studies contained serious flaws in research design, such as lack of control subjects, unspecified manner of data collection, and absence of diagnostic criteria.
(14) Poor crossing undermined Liverpool in the first leg, Klopp had claimed, but the flaw was remedied quickly in the return.
(15) A variety of quality tests, of biomechanical screws, are used, before performing the operations, that flaws may be detected.
(16) The sugar tax was greeted with hostility by the industry and Wright argues that the levy, introduced by the chancellor in the budget , will be undermined by flawed analysis of its impact.
(17) Flaws in the design, execution and analysis of randomized clinical trials have been eliminated gradually over the past 35 years.
(18) A report released on Wednesday said Prevent was badly flawed , potentially counterproductive and risked trampling on the basic rights of young Muslims.
(19) A flawed heroine of the anti-apartheid struggle, she is unlikely to keep a low profile in the coming days or to bite her lip if she believes Mandela's memory is being betrayed.
(20) Considerable scholarly exertion has gone into describing the flaws in each count.
Flawless
Definition:
(a.) Free from flaws.
Example Sentences:
(1) The story to me is that Disney and Lucasfilm are acting rationally, confidently and not cocky.” Poor critical reactions to the film may even end up being irrelevant to its opening figures, though Abrams’s flawless track record suggests the film is likely to be well-reviewed.
(2) It was to keep men more committed and less likely to abandon their wives and children – and I doubt that we have become so flawless that this no longer matters,” he said – as part of an explanation as to why marriage is not necessary for same-sex couples to express their love, or the “fidelity and permanence” of their relationship.
(3) The new national curriculum is not flawless, to be sure.
(4) Yet, of all the great British stage actors, his was the busiest film career, for which his modest way of acting was flawless.
(5) Updated at 12.58am GMT 12.54am GMT Living up to their seeding It was not a flawless performance from Seattle, who struggled to move the ball through the air after Percy Harvin left the game, and who certainly did not dominate New Orleans as they had earlier in the season.
(6) In my view he has led our party in government, not flawlessly of course, but with a skill no one else in British politics could have matched and a grace under fire which should make us proud.
(7) The Russian's execution was flawless throughout and every shot he struck here hit the net.
(8) The patient produced semantic paraphasias in repetition and could read both words and nonwords flawlessly.
(9) Does goalline technology work or doesn’t it?” he raged, as a replay showed the system working flawlessly.
(10) Grilled meats ( txuleta means chop) are where he excels, but at the sleek interior bar you can also order flawlessly presented pintxos of seasonal produce.
(11) The service itself, running at more than two hours, was an almost flawless spectacle, yet curiously shrunken.
(12) The first requirement-and a difficult one-is to make nearly flawless crystals of the protein or nucleic acid under study.
(13) The new venues, including an architecturally gorgeous velodrome and stadium, were built ahead of time and have worked flawlessly.
(14) All accusations against me were fully investigated and my performance as editor of this journal was shown to be flawless."
(15) The artist LeRoy Neiman observed: “Suddenly he resembles a piece of classical sculpture with no flaw or imperfection, his features and limbs flawless and perfectly proportioned.” The engaging nature, too, began to resonate as Clay cut a swathe through the well-selected heavyweights’ Second Division and he allowed his ego full rein on self-promotion.
(16) Manchester United ,a club besotted with its flamboyant heritage, could not produce an evening's worth of flawless security.They fell short by seconds and so tumbled out of the Champions League on a 3 -2 aggregate.Sir Alex Ferguson's team had been ahead on the away-goal rule as this match entered its last minute.
(17) Scotland and Gordon Strachan would always value success over Georgia far more than a flawless performance.
(18) In some cases, they’ve also longed for Barbie’s blue eyes and flawlessly applied brown eye shadow, her perfect hourglass figure, long and shiny blonde hair and thigh gap, too.
(19) But, after stuttering in December, they have been flawless in the league and FA Cup this month, scoring 17 goals in their four fixtures against Watford, Sunderland, Preston North End and Birmingham.
(20) Although the patient's ultimate outcome after ruptured AAA is partly determined before intervention of the physician, efforts to address events resulting in death after admission by improving rapid diagnosis, early resuscitation, and prompt flawless surgery can increase survival.