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,
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 .