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flaw noun [ flɔː ]

• a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object.
• "a flaw in the glass"
Similar: defect, blemish, fault, imperfection, deficiency, weakness, weak spot/point, inadequacy, shortcoming, limitation, failing, foible, shortfall, insufficiency, lack, want, omission, snag, kink, deformity, taint, crack, fissure, break, tear, split, scratch, chip, fracture, spot, mistake, error, bug, virus, glitch, gremlin,
Opposite: strength,

flaw verb

• mar, weaken, or invalidate (something).
• "the computer game was flawed by poor programming"
Origin: Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse flaga ‘slab’. The original sense was ‘a flake of snow’, later, ‘a fragment or splinter’, hence ‘a defect or imperfection’ (late 15th century).

flaw noun

• a squall of wind; a short storm.
Origin: early 16th century: probably from Middle Dutch vlāghe, Middle Low German vlāge .


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