flaw
Phonetic
US /flɔː/UK /flɔː/
Translations
NOUNA flake, fragment, or shiver., A thin cake, as of ice., A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion., A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
An inclusion, stain, or other defect of a diamond or other gemstone., A defect, fault, or imperfection, especially one that is hidden.
A defect or error in a contract or other document which may make the document invalid or ineffective., A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw., A storm of short duration., A sudden burst of noise and disorder
VERBTo add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective., To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.
Variants
- flaws: Third Person Singular, Plural
- flawing: Present Participle
- flawed: Past Participle, Past Tense
Examples
is generally considered an architectural flaw , every Python programmer anyway has to deal with it
Source:github.com
In this task it is hampered by a second flaw: it muddles legitimate policies with America-first rule-bending
Source:www.economist.com
It's design flaw
Source:github.com
When there is a HIGH CVE security flaw, why then not release immediately after fix has been applied, but at a set date? (Now, exploit-hunters are aware that there is something and have 7 days notice in which they can focus intensely on curl to find the flaw and exploit it
Source:github.com
But there's a distinctly human flaw.
Source:www.bbc.com
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