fault
Because it is a word with a single syllable, fault is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions offault
- A defect; something that detracts from perfection.
- A mistake or error.
Example: "No! This is my fault, not yours."
- A weakness of character; a failing.
Example: "For all her faults, she’s a good person at heart."
- A minor offense.
- Blame; the responsibility for a mistake.
Example: "The fault lies with you."
- A fracture in a rock formation causing a discontinuity.
- In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam.
Example: "slate fault dirt fault"
- An illegal serve.
- An abnormal connection in a circuit.
- Want; lack
- A lost scent; act of losing the scent.
- To criticize, blame or find fault with something or someone.
- To fracture.
- To commit a mistake or error.
- To undergo a page fault.
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