adjective
deserving blame
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admitted to being at fault
• Similar to: ↑guilty
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→ fault
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phrasal1.
a. : unable to find the scent and continue chase
b. : in trouble or embarrassment and unable to proceed
looking for the person at fault for an inadequately constructed house
if war should break out it would be difficult to determine who is really at fault
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at fault
1. To blame, culpable
2. Guilty
3. (of dogs) unable to find the scent
4. At a loss
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Main Entry: ↑fault
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at fault phrase
responsible for a bad or unpleasant situation
When a marriage breaks up it is very hard to say who is at fault.
The teacher was at fault for not telling the child’s parents.
Thesaurus: responsible for something or someonesynonym
Main entry: fault
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1) responsible for an undesirable situation or event; in the wrong
we recover compensation from the person at fault
2) mistaken or defective
he suspected that his calculator was at fault
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at fault
: deserving blame for something bad : ↑responsible
She's not at fault for the accident.
It will be difficult to determine who's really at fault.
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Main Entry: ↑fault
Useful english dictionary. 2012.