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flaw noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com Oxford logo Toggle navigation Redeem Upgrade Help Sign in Dictionaries Dictionaries home English American English Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammar home Practical English Usage Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta) Word Lists Word Lists home My Word Lists Topics Recent additions Resources Resources home Text Checker Sign in Dictionaries Dictionaries home English American English Academic Collocations German-English Grammar Grammar home Practical English Usage Learn & Practise Grammar (Beta) Word Lists Word Lists home My Word Lists Topics Recent additions Resources Resources home Text Checker Redeem Upgrade Help TOP English English American English Academic English Collocations Practical English Usage German-English English-German English American English Enter search text Definition of flaw noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary flaw noun /flɔː/ /flɔː/ jump to other results a mistake in something that means that it is not correct or does not work correctly synonym defect , fault The argument is full of fundamental flaws. flaw in something The report reveals fatal flaws in security at the airport. There is still a basic flaw in your selection procedure. Extra Examples Flaws have appeared in the new version of the software. It took me a long time to find the flaw in her logic. Engineers have detected serious design flaws. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjective big main major … verb + flaw contain have look for … flaw + verb appear become apparent preposition flaw in See full entry Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English. flaw (in somebody/something) a weakness in somebody’s character There is always a flaw in the character of a tragic hero. Extra Examples After a short time, the flaws in her character became more apparent. The hero's fatal flaw is ambition. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjective big main major … verb + flaw contain have look for … flaw + verb appear become apparent preposition flaw in See full entry flaw (in something) a fault or small break in something that makes it less attractive or valuable The vase is in excellent condition except for a few small flaws in its base. Unfortunately, this plate has a slight flaw in it. Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjective big main major … verb + flaw contain have look for … flaw + verb appear become apparent preposition flaw in See full entry Word Origin Middle English: perhaps from Old Norse flaga ‘slab’. The original sense was ‘a flake of snow’, later, ‘a fragment or splinter’, hence ‘a defect or imperfection’ (late 15th cent.). See flaw in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary See flaw in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English Check pronunciation: flaw Nearby words flavourless adjective flavoursome adjective flaw noun flawed adjective flawless adjective antibody noun From the Topic Biology C2 Oxford Learner's Dictionaries Word of the Day