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at fault

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. at faultadjective

    deserving blame

    "admitted to being at fault"

Wiktionary

  1. at faultadjective

    guilty, responsible, deserving blame

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  1. at fault

    "At fault" refers to being responsible or the cause of something wrong or negative that has occurred. It could refer to errors, accidents, wrongdoings, or failures. The term is often used in legal contexts or discussions around accountability or liability.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of at fault in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of at fault in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of at fault in a Sentence

  1. Devin Nunes:

    This is not Trump's fault or Republicans' fault, it is the left's fault for derailing the whole country and taking our focus off of what we should have been focusing on, which is this China problem.

  2. Scott Pruitt:

    I'm not afraid to admit there's been a learning process and when Congress or independent bodies of oversight find fault in our decision making, I want to correct that and ensure that it does not happen again.

  3. Jamarcus Glover:

    Louisville Metro Police are trying to make it out to be my fault and turning the whole community out here making it look like I brought this to Breonna's door, there was nothing never there or anything ever there, and at the end of the day, Louisville Metro Police went about it the wrong way and lied on that search warrant and shot that girl out there.

  4. Vincent Price:

    Hollywood's worst fault is typecasting. John Wayne, Cary Grant, everyone who's been a success - we all had the same problem. And they tell me I'm too important to play small character roles; you can't win!

  5. Michael Johnson:

    It was always going to be a difficult situation because through no fault of her own she just happens to have this condition, the IAAF has to make a decision on the line that's drawn between the female races and the men's races. I think the decision was based on the fairness of sports, so that there is a level playing field for all of the athletes in any given race.

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