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From fault + -y.

(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈfɒlti/, /ˈfɔːlti/
(US) IPA(key): /ˈfɔlti/
- (cot_–_caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈfɑlti/
(Canada) IPA(key): [ˈfɒːlti]
(Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈfɔlte/
Rhymes: -ɒlti, -ɔːlti

faulty (comparative faultier, superlative faultiest)

Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
They replaced the faulty wiring and it has worked fine ever since.
I don't think you can infer that from the premise. It's a faulty argument.
- 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
  Sadly, the ever-eager Reverend Judith had not been able to conjure up many worshippers, even though it was Father’s Day. There was just one old dear sitting halfway back, her faulty hearing aid letting off a high-pitched whistle.
(obsolete) At fault, to blame; guilty.

with nouns

faulty goods
faulty equipment
faulty product
faulty wiring
faulty construction
faulty memory
faulty thinking
faulty design
faulty hardware
faulty software
faulty unit
faulty part
faulty component
faulty assumption
faulty reasoning
faulty premise
faulty gene
faulty operation
faulty technique
faulty merchandise
faulty circuit
faulty code
faulty analysis
faulty posture
faulty machine
faulty method
faulty habit
faulty process
faulty communication

having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable — see also defective,‎ imperfect

Bulgarian: погрешен (bg) (pogrešen), неправилен (bg) (nepravilen)
Catalan: defectuós (ca)
Czech: vadný (cs)
Dutch: kapot (nl), gebrekkig (nl)
Finnish: viallinen (fi), rikkinäinen (fi)
French: défectueux (fr)
German: fehlerhaft (de), schadhaft (de)
Hungarian: hibás (hu)
Irish: fabhtach
Italian: difettoso (it), imperfetto (it), scorretto (it)
Latin: mendōsus, vitīosus
Māori: muhu
Russian: неиспра́вный (ru) (neisprávnyj) (defective), ло́жный (ru) (lóžnyj) (false)
Sikkimese: སྐྱོན་ཅན (skyon can)
Spanish: fallido (es), fallado (es)
Swedish: defekt (sv) (defective), felaktig (sv) (false)
Turkish: hatalı (tr), kusurlu (tr), eksik (tr), çürük (tr), özürlü (tr), sakat (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: اكسیك (eksik), چوروك (çürük)
Ukrainian: несправний (nespravnyj), помилковий (pomylkovyj)
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: diffygiol (cy)