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# flaw

«flaw» in Mova's school dictionary: **a small mark, crack or fault that spoils something** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a flaw, flaws)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A flaw is a small mark, crack or fault that spoils something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#m1)

2) A flaw is a weakness or mistake in a plan, an argument or a person's character. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories heroes often have a flaw, like pride or a temper, that causes trouble; in maths and science, a flaw in a method or test makes the result untrustworthy. Phrases: «a flaw in the plan», «a fatal flaw», «a tiny flaw».

### examples

- There's a small flaw in the glass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#x1)
- Can you find the flaw in this argument? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#x2)
- His only flaw is that he is always late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#x3)
- The plan had one big flaw: nobody had the key. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#x4)
- The jeweller looked for flaws in the diamond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#x5)
- The flaw in the experiment was that we did not keep it fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#x6)
- Everyone has flaws, and that's all right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/#x7)

### note

Countable. Adjectives: «flawed» (has flaws), «flawless» (has none). Homophone trap: «flaw» sounds like «floor» in British English, but means a fault.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flaw» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaw/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.