FAULTINESS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The state of being defective

Synonyms:

defectiveness; faultiness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("faultiness" is a kind of...):

imperfection; imperfectness (the state or an instance of being imperfect)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "faultiness"):

bugginess (the state of having bugs)

lameness (an imperfection or defectiveness)

sickness (defectiveness or unsoundness)

Derivation:

faulty (characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules)

faulty (having a defect)