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Flaw

A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.

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Blister 76% connected

A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fl…

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Bug 76% connected

A bugbear; anything which terrifies.

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Foible 76% connected

Weak; feeble.

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Hole 76% connected

Whole.

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Broader term 5

Damage 76% connected

Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Failing 76% connected

of Fail

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Imperfection 76% connected

The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.

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Imperfectness 76% connected

The state of being imperfect.

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Weakness 76% connected

The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.

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Blemish 74% connected

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Blemish 74% connected

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Blemish 92% connected

To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Defect 92% connected

Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fault 92% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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