At Fault

Definition: At Fault

At Fault

Adjective

1. Deserving blame; "admitted to being at fault".

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Error

In error, under an error; Noun: mistaken; Verb: tripping; Verb: out, out in one's reckoning; aberrant; beside the mark, wide of the mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off; astray; (at fault); on a false scent, on the wrong scent; in the wrong box, outside the ballpark; at cross purposes, all in the wrong; all out.

Failure

Adjective: unsuccessful, successless; failing, tripping;Verb: at fault; unfortunate.

Guilt

Adjective: guilty, to blame, culpable, peccable, in fault, at fault, censurable, reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable, illaudable; weighed in the balance and found wanting; exceptionable.

Ignorance

In the dark; benighted, belated; blinded, blindfolded; hoodwinked; misinformed; au bout de son latin, at the end of his tether, at fault; at sea; (uncertain); caught tripping.

Uncertainty

In a state of uncertainty, in a cloud, in a maze; bushed, off the track; ignorant.; afraid to say; out of one's reckoning, astray, adrift; at sea, at fault, at a loss, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus; puzzled; Verb: lost, abroad, d_sorient_; distracted, distraught.

Unskillfulness

Adrift, at fault.

Crosswords: At Fault

We try to keep frivolous lawsuits to a minimum, unless, of course, the customer is at fault. (The Good Girl; writing credit: Mike White)

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Since, moveover, for God and the amendment of our kingdom and for the better allaying of the quarrel that has arisen between us and our barons, we have granted all these concessions, desirous that they should enjoy them in complete and firm endurance forever, we give and grant to them the underwritten security, namely, that the barons choose five and twenty barons of the kingdom, whomsoever they will, who shall be bound with all their might, to observe and hold, and cause to be observed, the peace and liberties we have granted and confirmed to them by this our present Charter, so that if we, or our justiciar, or our bailiffs or any one of our officers, shall in anything be at fault towards anyone, or shall have broken any one of the articles of this peace or of this security, and the offense be notified to four barons of the foresaid five and twenty, the said four barons shall repair to us (or our justiciar, if we are out of the realm) and, laying the transgression before us, petition to have that transgression redressed without delay. (reference)

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Duvivier, Ligniville, and Desprez are at fault.

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Health

First, however, they must determine the exact muscles at fault, since lengthening the wrong muscle could make the problem worse. (references)

For example, when a sizable group of Alzheimer's patients all come from the same family, epidemiologists suspect that a gene is at fault. (references)

The child's medical history, special diagnostic tests, and, in some cases, repeated check-ups can help confirm that other disorders are not at fault. (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

During the year, the Government was more active in preventing or reversing discriminatory actions taken at the local level, by more actively disseminating information to the regions and, when necessary, reprimanding the officials at fault. (references)

Minorities

Sweden

The Government investigates and prosecutes race-related crimes, although in many clashes between Swedish and immigrant youth gangs, authorities judge both sides to be at fault. (references)

Political Rights

Uganda

The Court found that the EC was at fault for its handling of the election. (references)

Worker Rights

Syria

No additional back wages are awarded should the employer be found at fault, nor are wage penalties imposed in cases in which the employer is not found at fault. (references)

Mauritius

In June it was reported that a Ministry of Labor investigation indicated that many foreign workers did not receive all of the overtime wages to which they were entitled; the companies at fault were instructed to remedy the situation or face legal action. (references)

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Expression using "at fault": be at fault. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏مخطئ (erring, in error, mistaken, wrong). (various references)

Chinese 

歸�'� (blame, declare to be at fault). (various references)

Finnish

olla väärässä (be at fault, be mistaken, be wrong). (various references)

Hungarian

rajtakap vkit (to catch sy at fault, to catch sy in fault, to catch sy on the hop, to catch sy out, to catch sy with the goods, to find sy at fault, to find sy in fault, to take sy in the act, to trip), hamis nyomot jelez (to bark at fault), emlékezetkiesés (amnesia, blackout, memory at fault), csalhatatlan szimatja van (his instinct is never at fault), csalhatatlan ösztöne van (his instinct is never at fault). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

粗忽 (careless, rash, rude, thoughtless). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そ�"つ (careless, rash, rude, thoughtless). (various references)

Pig Latin

atay aultfay

Romanian

pierde mirosul (be at fault), fi derutat (be at fault). (various references)

Swedish

vara förbryllad (be at fault), ha fel (be at fault), bära skulden (be at fault). (various references)

Turkish

kabahatli (blameworthy, culpable, guilty, offender, peccant, to blame). (various references)

Turkmen 

mьяnli (blame, guilty). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: fatal, fault.

-3 letters: alfa, flat, tala, taut, tufa, tuft.

-4 letters: aal, aft, ala, alt, att, fat, flu, lat, tat, tau, tut, uta.

-5 letters: aa, al, at, fa, la, ta, ut.

+2 letters: ultrafast.

+3 letters: factualist, factuality.

+4 letters: artifactual, factualists, facultative.

+5 letters: factualities, futilitarian.