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faulty — fault|y [ˈfo:lti US ˈfo:lti] adj 1.) not working properly, or not made correctly ▪ Customers may ask for a refund if the goods are faulty. ▪ a faulty gene that causes breast cancer 2.) a faulty way of thinking about something contains a mistake,… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Attacking Faulty Reasoning — is a textbook on logical fallacies by T. Edward Damer that has been used for many years in a number of college courses on logic, critical thinking, argumentation, and philosophy. It explains 60 of the most commonly committed logical fallacies.… … Wikipedia
vitiate — vi·ti·ate / vi shē ˌāt/ vt at·ed, at·ing: to make ineffective fraud vitiate s a contract Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
vitiate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Latin vitiatus, past participle of vitiare, from vitium fault, vice Date: 1534 1. to make faulty or defective ; impair < the comic impact is vitiated by obvious haste William Styron > 2. to debase in… … New Collegiate Dictionary
vitiate — vitiation, n. vitiator, n. /vish ee ayt /, v.t., vitiated, vitiating. 1. to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil. 2. to impair or weaken the effectiveness of. 3. to debase; corrupt; pervert. 4. to make legally defective or invalid;… … Universalium
vitiate — vi•ti•ate [[t]ˈvɪʃ iˌeɪt[/t]] v. t. at•ed, at•ing 1) to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil 2) to impair or weaken the effectiveness of 3) to debase; corrupt; pervert 4) law to make legally invalid; invalidate: to vitiate a claim[/ex] •… … From formal English to slang
vitiate — /ˈvɪʃieɪt / (say visheeayt) verb (t) (vitiated, vitiating) 1. to impair the quality of; make faulty; mar. 2. to contaminate; corrupt; spoil. 3. to make legally defective or invalid; invalidate. {Latin vitiātus, past participle, spoiled}… …
vitiate — verb /ˈvɪʃ.i.eɪt/ a) to spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something b) to debase or morally corrupt … Wiktionary
vitiate — (v.) 1530s, from L. vitiatus, pp. of vitiare to make faulty, injure, spoil, corrupt, from vitium fault, defect, blemish, crime, vice (see VICE (Cf. vice) (1)). Related: Vitiated; vitiating … Etymology dictionary
eu-1, euǝ- : u̯ā-, u̯ǝ- — eu 1, euǝ : u̯ā , u̯ǝ English meaning: to lack; empty Deutsche Übersetzung: “mangeln, leer” Note: esp. in partizipialen no formations Material: O.Ind. ūna , Av. ū̆na “ insufficient, inadequate, lack, be short of”, Av. uyamna… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
