ALL meanings of at fault
at fault
A a - phrase at fault If someone or something is at fault, they are to blame or are responsible for a particular situation that has gone wrong. 3
- noun at fault guilty of error; culpable 3
- noun at fault perplexed 3
- noun at fault (of hounds) having temporarily lost the scent 3
- noun at fault unable to find the scent 3
- noun at fault not knowing what to do; perplexed 3
- noun at fault guilty of error; deserving blame 3
- adjective at fault responsible, to blame 1
- noun at fault a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character. 1
- noun at fault responsibility for failure or a wrongful act: It is my fault that we have not finished. 1
- noun at fault an error or mistake: a fault in addition. 1
- noun at fault a misdeed or transgression: to confess one's faults. 1
- noun at fault Sports. a ball that when served does not land in the proper section of an opponent's court. a failure to serve the ball according to the rules, as from within a certain area. 1
- noun at fault Geology, Mining. a break in the continuity of a body of rock or of a vein, with dislocation along the plane of the fracture (fault plane) 1
- noun at fault Manège. (of a horse jumping in a show) any of a number of improper executions in negotiating a jump, as a tick, knockdown, refusal, or run-out. 1
- noun at fault Electricity. a partial or total local failure in the insulation or continuity of a conductor or in the functioning of an electric system. 1
- noun at fault Hunting. a break in the line of scent; a losing of the scent; check. 1
- noun at fault Obsolete. lack; want. 1
- verb without object at fault to commit a fault; blunder; err. 1
- verb without object at fault Geology. to undergo faulting. 1
- verb with object at fault Geology. to cause a fault in. 1
- verb with object at fault to find fault with, blame, or censure. 1
- idioms at fault at fault, open to censure; blameworthy: to be at fault for a mistake. in a dilemma; puzzled: to be at fault as to where to go. (of hounds) unable to find the scent. 1
- idioms at fault find fault, to seek and make known defects or flaws; complain; criticize: He constantly found fault with my behavior. 1
- idioms at fault to a fault, to an extreme degree; excessively: She was generous to a fault. 1
- preposition at fault guilty, responsible, deserving blame. 0