Flawed means spoiled by a fault. A flawed argument, deeply flawed, a flawed hero.
It says the thing is not worthless, which is what separates it from wrong: a flawed argument has something in it. A flawed character is a writer's term for a hero with a real weakness, and it is what makes a character worth reading about.
1adjectiveflawedSpoiled by a fault.
“The plan was flawed from the start because nobody had checked the costs.”
flawed is a quality.
From flaw, from Old Norse flaga, a slab or flake, plus -ed.
Middle English
flaued
English, today
flawed
From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw + ed.
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