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Noun
▲
A shortcoming or weakness
flaw
deficiency
fault
imperfection
failing
weakness
shortcoming
inadequacy
want
foible
frailty
lack
drawback
sin
infirmity
injury
scarcity
shortage
unsoundness
vice
weak spot
weak point
blemish
demerit
limitation
fallibility
dereliction
vulnerability
debility
Achilles heel
more ❯
“His main defect is that he closes himself off, in self-protective loneliness.”
Noun
▲
A physical deformity that spoils the appearance or completeness of something
crack
blemish
chip
deformity
disfigurement
fault
flaw
fracture
imperfection
irregularity
kink
scar
scratch
blight
blotch
break
deformation
excrescence
excrescency
knot
mar
mark
patch
rift
spot
blot
marring
pockmark
snag
speck
stain
taint
tear
birthmark
discoloration
hole
split
rough spot
more ❯
“The computer calculates features from the picture and decides if there is any defect on the surface of the cast metal.”
Noun
▲
An error or glitch in a system or program
error
glitch
bug
exception
breakdown
failure
fault
flaw
gremlin
malfunction
mistake
blip
catch
limitation
obstruction
showstopper
virus
slip
problem
hitch
something wrong
impairment
crash
collapse
howler
solecism
slipup
blunder
omission
breach
more ❯
“Testing of the software has exposed a critical defect that needs to be fixed urgently.”
Noun
▲
Something that detracts or takes away
drawback
disadvantage
handicap
downside
difficulty
fault
obstacle
trouble
flaw
hitch
nuisance
snag
catch
hindrance
impediment
imperfection
pitfall
deficiency
limitation
minus
stumbling block
complication
detriment
disbenefit
hurdle
issue
liability
barrier
check
curb
damper
debit
deterrent
discouragement
incommodity
inconvenience
negative
obstruction
problem
strike
weakness
weak point
weak spot
disability
evil
failing
fly in the ointment
hiccup
ill
lack
shortcoming
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
cost
price
trial
worry
harm
toll
consequences
expense
annoyance
damage
consequence
uphill
undesirable consequence
vexation
disturbance
disruption
aggravation
awkwardness
upset
fuss
hassle
disfavorUS
unfitness
exasperation
unwieldiness
sacrifice
bane
suffering
torment
tribulation
untimeliness
unsuitableness
unhandiness
cumbersomeness
headache
injury
hurt
troublesomeness
uneasiness
stew
bothersomeness
ramification
deprivation
pickle
disfavourUK
weight
misfortune
botheration
trap
bugbear
gotcha
crunch
scrape
joker
gimmick
snare
puzzler
undesirable consequences
adverse effects
booby trap
land mine
loss
disservice
result
forfeit
forfeiture
trick
bother
adverse effect
conundrum
dodge
ploy
puzzle
wile
punishment
fine
joker in the pack
pain
discomfort
incommodiousness
problems
downer
despite
concern
frustration
irk
irritant
harassment
anxiety
irritation
pest
distress
stress
thorn
disquiet
aggro
ruffle
unease
peeve
bummer
nuisance value
agitation
unpleasantness
fix
bug
blockade
unseen problem
hamper
spot
cropper
letdown
incommode
hair shirt
tiresomeness
inopportuneness
danger
peril
cross
pity
disappointment
shame
tight spot
the rub
comedown
risk
put out
unpleasant aspect
involvement
lease
chit
indebtment
loan
baggage
bite
pledge
balance
contract
Achilles heel
mortgage
arrear
jinx
tab
possibility
IOU
due
contingency
remainder
account
dilemma
down
cross to bear
bad news
disaster area
adversity
quandary
predicament
imminence
menace
threat
catch-22
plight
downfall
pit
deadfall
entanglement
mousetrap
quicksand
banana skin
toil
setup
hook
web
swindle
mesh
perplexity
dispute
question
mess
worriment
habit
count
doubt
squeeze
disagreement
point at issue
can of worms
disputed point
hot water
teething trouble
box
more ❯
Noun
▲
An aspect of something that is not accurate
inaccuracy
error
mistake
slip
fault
blunder
miscalculation
boob
oversight
erratum
gaffe
howler
literal
boo-boo
clanger
corrigendum
fallacy
flaw
lapse
goof
typo
bobble
brick
clinker
flub
fluff
foul-up
fumble
gaff
miscue
misstep
screwup
slipup
slip-up
stumble
trip
typographical error
barry
bloomer
blooper
fail
deception
exaggeration
impreciseness
lapsus calami
lapsus linguae
solecism
unfaithfulness
unreliability
wrong
wrongness
slip of the pen
slip of the tongue
misunderstanding
mix-up
snafu
inadvertence
underestimation
poor judgment
overestimation
botch-up
confusion
false move
misjudgement
mishandling
misdemeanourUK
cockup
aberration
miscount
overvaluation
undervaluation
blow
mixup
sin
crime
misestimation
trespass
misdemeanorUS
wrongdoing
dumb move
malapropism
inadvertency
poor decision
bad choice
pratfall
foul up
screw up
infelicity
failing
drop
poor decision-making
misfielding
inappropriate behaviour
social indiscretion
hesitation
misestimate
bodge
illusion
misprint
dereliction
own goal
slip up
shortcoming
bad move
wrong move
misapplication
barbarism
piece of indecorum
incongruity
infraction
bad
hiccup
goof-up
vice
frailty
foible
violation
poor choice
misstatement
carelessness
human error
inattention
brain fart
botched job
laxity
preterition
chasm
disregard
overlooking
blank
overlook
skip
pretermission
misperception
petty offence
minor offence
dilemma
complication
failure to notice
keying mistake
typing error
printing error
typesetting mistake
keying error
keyboarding error
typesetting error
keyboarding mistake
printing mistake
typing mistake
typographical mistake
upheaval
complexity
awkwardness
involvement
emergency
snarl
difficulty
encumbrance
trouble
commotion
intricacy
struggle
quandary
balls-up
car crash
overestimate
foot in the mouth
petty sin
trifling fault
self-defeating action
felony
wickedness
folly
mischief
mischievousness
underestimate
misbehaviourUK
hastiness
ingenuousness
simple-mindedness
excitability
naivete
unseemliness
indiscreetness
stupidity
thoughtlessness
bumble
unthinkingness
misspeak
crudeness
misbehaviorUS
bad behaviour
error of judgement
fool mistake
dropping the ball
misreading of the situation
flub-up
stupid mistake
dumb thing to do
more ❯
Noun
▲
The quality of being scanty
scantiness
lack
shortage
scarcity
dearth
deficiency
insufficiency
want
inadequacy
paucity
poverty
deficit
scarceness
undersupply
famine
drought
inadequateness
pinch
failure
shortfall
crunch
drouth
lacuna
scantness
leanness
defalcation
curtailment
tightness
shortcoming
underage
weakness
lapse
limitedness
insufficience
skimpiness
restrictedness
shortness
loss
paltriness
decrease
slightness
stringency
reduction
abridgement
incompleteness
starvation
penury
barrenness
bareness
niggardliness
sketchiness
inefficiency
ineffectuality
unfitness
short supply
depletion
decline
absenteeism
inaccessibility
debilitation
problem
ineffectualness
faultiness
unsuitableness
drawback
inaptness
defectiveness
blemish
withdrawal
shrinking
shrinkage
removal
fewness
smallness
slenderness
retrenchment
vacancy
exigency
neglect
dereliction
bug
frailty
glitch
sin
demerit
being after
missing out on
falling short in
being able to do with
being short of
being without
being deficient in
arrears
inability to hack it
slippage
debt
indebtedness
discrepancy
debit
dues
dead horse
red ink
due bill
negative amount
in hock
minus amount
in the hole
in the red
more ❯
Noun
▲
Sightlessness
blindness
myopia
amaurosis
astigmatism
cataracts
darkness
presbyopia
sightlessness
anopsia
impaired vision
loss of sight
purblindness
typhlosis
anopia
Noun
▲
(pathology) An abnormal condition of a human, animal or plant that causes discomfort or dysfunction
disease
disorder
illness
complaint
condition
sickness
affliction
ailment
malady
infection
infirmity
plague
upset
blight
bug
indisposition
trouble
cancer
canker
abnormality
affection
ail
contagion
debility
disability
evil
complication
decrepitude
epidemic
ill
lurgy
pestilence
scourge
virus
ache
bane
contamination
curse
distemper
distemperature
endemic
fever
pathosis
problem
sickliness
syndrome
wog
attack
breakdown
Cancer
coath
collapse
convulsions
feebleness
fit
flu
haemorrhageUK
hemorrhageUS
inflammation
misery
rot
seizure
spell
stroke
unhealthiness
unsoundness
visitation
medical condition
silent killer
ill health
more ❯
Noun
▲
A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one
aberration
abnormality
anomaly
oddity
exception
rarity
deviation
divergence
quirk
freak
irregularity
peculiarity
aberrancy
digression
eccentricity
inconsistency
oddment
rogue
variation
curiosity
departure
incongruity
mistake
phenomenon
delusion
strangeness
weirdness
flaw
malformation
deformity
more ❯
Noun
▲
A physical trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality
taint
blemish
fault
flaw
imperfection
tarnish
contagion
contamination
infection
pollution
tincture
tinge
touch
trace
crack
chip
deformity
fracture
disfigurement
irregularity
kink
scratch
scar
excrescence
patch
deformation
mar
break
blight
excrescency
more ❯
Noun
▲
Neglect of one's duty or responsibility
default
neglect
dereliction
failure
lack
want
absence
delinquency
lapse
negligence
omission
deficiency
disregard
exclusion
fault
inaction
misprision
nonfeasance
oversight
evasion
non-appearance
nonpayment
non-remittance
avoidance
blemish
blunder
dearth
defaulting
error
failure to act
imperfection
inadequacy
insufficiency
miss
nonappearance
nonattendance
offenceUK
offenseUS
overlooking
privation
shortcoming
slight
transgression
vice
weakness
wrongdoing
failure to appear
failure to pay
more ❯
Noun
▲
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
loophole
ambiguity
let-out
avoidance
crack
discrepancy
dodge
escape
escape clause
evasion
excuse
fault
flaw
inadequacy
inconsistency
omission
plea
pretenseUS
pretenceUK
pretext
shortcoming
slip
subterfuge
alternative
escape route
get-out
means of avoidance
means of evasion
out
outlet
technicality
workaround
let-out clause
means of escape
way out
more ❯
Noun
▲
A displeasing and prominently ugly sight
eyesore
monstrosity
blight
blot
atrocity
blemish
hideosity
ugliness
deformity
horror
mess
sight
carbuncle
defacement
excrescence
fright
scar
disfigurement
disgrace
ugly sight
dump
ugly thing
blot on landscape
blot on the landscape
scarecrow
mark
blotch
excrescency
pockmark
mar
more ❯
Noun
▲
An inefficient part or factor
impairment
condition
disability
breakage
complaint
damage
deficiency
destruction
deterioration
diminishing
disablement
disorder
hurt
injury
loss
ruination
weakening
wreckage
ruined goods
harm
detriment
disfigurement
disadvantage
affliction
defacement
mutilation
spoiling
marring
ill
vandalism
more ❯
Noun
▲
A small cut or notch
nick
chip
cut
notch
scratch
score
dent
mark
incision
indentation
snick
abrasion
gash
gouge
hack
indent
indenture
kerf
scrape
blemish
flaw
scar
damage
dint
groove
jag
knock
mill
slit
slash
channel
trench
scoop
trough
excavation
gutter
cave
canal
cutting
rebate
cavern
basin
flute
cup
dish
bowl
den
nook
fissure
seam
niche
cranny
scallop
pucker
crimp
fluting
ditch
crease
valley
corrugation
curve
sinkage
vacuity
sinkhole
chamber
void
bottom
gulf
sag
socket
pocket
more ❯
Verb
▲
To abandon one's country or cause, typically in favor of an opposing one
desert
abscond
quit
apostatize
renege
abandon
escape
forsake
rebel
renounce
tergiversate
decamp
leave
repudiate
revolt
depart
go
rat
reject
spurn
turn
withdraw
change sides
turn traitor
change allegiances
change loyalties
be apostate
break faith
turn coat
back out
revolt against
secede from
shift ground
go AWOL
go over
sell out
go back on
go over to the enemy
pull out
run out
take a walk
walk out on
fall away from
go over the fence
rat on
more ❯
“Zuyev was granted asylum after choosing to defect from his homeland.”
Verb
▲
To relocate periodically from one region to another, usually according to the seasons
migrate
emigrate
move
relocate
resettle
flit
remove
trek
be posted
go abroad
go overseas
move house
up sticks
pull up stakes
quit
evacuate
depart
leave
move abroad
travel
transmigrate
move overseas
move away
leave your country
start a new life
flee
go from
abandon
vacate
exit
ditch
clear out from
discard
dump
renounce
take off from
drop
clear
empty
walk out on
skip
get out of
hightail
check out from
head out from
run along from
walk out of
move out from
run off from
say goodbye to
leave hastily
leave abruptly
void
defect from
end
flit from
discontinue
skidaddle
retreat from
displace
withdraw
bail
finish
be done with
bail out
pack up
clear from
bail out from
pull out from
drop out of
brush off
bail from
give up
bow out of
cast off
blow off
break off with
move from
cast aside
neglect
disregard
betray
vamoose from
scram from
part with
run for the hills
make vacant
make empty
eject from
reject
step aside from
take leave from
clear off from
head off from
remove oneself from
break away from
set off from
take leave of
cut and run from
discount
jettison
call it quits
ignore
repeal
give the slip to
slip out from
make oneself scarce from
take a hike from
forget
lam
disclaim
abdicate
jilt
disown
abort
revoke
screw
disavow
maroon
rescind
break with
bail on
abstain from
cheat on
refrain from
turn your back on
do away with
break up with
back out on
run out on
be unfaithful to
be disloyal to
fail
run away
break out of
get out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To take apart from
detach
alienate
delink
dissociate
divorce
isolate
segregate
separate
disaffiliate
leave
quit
break away
cut off
become estranged
break with
secede from
withdraw from
bust up
part company with
sever connections with
break off relations with
reach a parting of the ways
Verb
▲
Take violent action against an established government or ruler; rebel
revolt
rebel
mutiny
riot
resist
rise
rise up
arise
boycott
break
defy
insurrect
oppose
oppose authority
overthrow
overturn
renounce
show resistance
strike
take up arms
be insubordinate
defy authority
disobey authority
resist authority
drop out
make waves
opt out
turn against
refuse to obey orders
rock the boat
take part in an uprising
take up arms against
get out of line
take to the streets
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refuse or be unwilling to accept or do something
repudiate
reject
abandon
renounce
desert
disown
discard
abjure
disavow
forsake
forswear
recant
retract
reverse
decline
deselect
disapprove
negative
nix
pass
refuse
reprobate
rescind
revoke
spurn
cast off
disprofess
give up
rebuff
apostatize
balk at
banish
cast
cut off
default
demur
disacknowledge
dishonourUK
dishonorUS
disinherit
dump
flush
lay aside
oust
pass up
rat
tergiversate
tergiverse
throw out
throw over
turn
turn down
be against
break with
not accept
have no more truck with
have nothing more to do with
wash one's hands of
fly in the face of
turn your back on
wash your hands of
drop
disclaim
ditch
neglect
end relations with
jilt
exclude
cut off without a penny
give someone the big E
bin off
give someone the push
give someone the air
give the elbow
leave
disallow
cut someone off
rebut
contradict
disaffirm
gainsay
refute
negate
disconfirm
send packing
refuse to acknowledge
refuse to recognize
dispossess
impoverish
deprive
exheridate
evict
disaffiliate
bereave
rob
divest
cut out
leave penniless
cut off without a cent
blackball
snub
cut
ostracizeUS
blacklist
ignore
avoid
scorn
repulse
excommunicate
discount
veto
disdain
repel
blank
kick someone in the teeth
send to Coventry
disfellowship
unfriend
shut out
have nothing to do with
hand someone the frozen mitt
freeze out
not buy
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
scoff at
cut dead
put down
give a wide berth to
unfollow
ostraciseUK
cold-shoulder
despise
leave out in the cold
give the cold shoulder
burn
cast out
more ❯
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