Having a flaw or imperfection.

present participle of flaw

plural of flaw

(obsolete) A flake, fragment, or shiver. / (obsolete) A thin cake, as of ice. / A crack or breach, a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion.

A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration; windflaw. / A storm of short duration. / A sudden burst of noise and disorder

(transitive) To add a flaw to, to make imperfect or defective. / (intransitive) To become imperfect or defective; to crack or break.

Full of flaws; flawed

plural of tragic flaw.

A flaw in the design of something.

(chiefly literary criticism) A personality trait or other characteristic of a real or fictional individual which is immoral, destructive, or otherwise faulty and which leads to the ruin or profound suffering of that individual.