a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | the quality that renders something desirable or valuable or useful |
(sports) a serve that is illegal (e.g., that lands outside the prescribed area) | an indefinite quantity of something having a specified value |
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection | |
responsibility for a bad situation or event | |
(electronics) equipment failure attributable to some defect in a circuit (loose connection or insulation failure or short circuit etc.) | |
(geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other | |
an imperfection in an object or machine | |