Faulty and Needed

Faulty

Faulty adjective - Having a fault.

Needed and faulty are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Needed" instead an adjective "Faulty".

Needed

Needed adjective - Impossible to do without.

Faulty and needed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Faulty" instead an adjective "Needed".

Nearby Words: need, needs, needy, needful, needing

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • In the series finale Chuck has been able to recover the non-faulty Intersect needed to restore Sarah's memories.
  • Music / Twenty One Pilots Moral Dilemma: Their band name comes from the play "All My Sons" by Arthur Miller, in which a man indirectly kills twenty-one pilots by selling plane parts which he knew were faulty, but had he not sold them he would have lost money (which he needed) and tainted his business's name.
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