blemish
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Damaging and spoiling
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
adulteration
applecart
butcher
degrade
drive a wedge between someoneidiom
dry rot
eat
eat away at something
erode
foul
put something out of jointidiom
queer
rain on someone's paradeidiom
rampage
ravage
seismic
wreck
Examples of flawing
flawing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Despite the well-advertised lack of confidence, applications for re-equipment grants have been
flawing in.
From the
Hansard archive
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No one claims that appeals are fatally
flawing our system of justice.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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