Meaning & use
Faulted
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Blamed or criticized someone for an error or shortcoming.
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Reviewers faulted the film for its slow pacing in the second act.
No one could be faulted for the delay, since the storm had shut down every road.
A note on using this word
In geology, 'faulted' also describes rock that has been fractured and displaced along a geological fault.
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2. adjective
(geology) Displaced or fractured along a fault line.
The faulted strata revealed millions of years of tectonic movement.
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