faulty action
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The failure of either the carburetor or igniting means to function properly will be immediately apparent by faulty action of the power plant.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
Gives suggestions for curing all overheating and loss of power faults due to faulty action of the oiling or cooling group.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Victor Wilfred Pag?
If he begins to teach himself, he will certainly acquire faulty action, which will settle to habit.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
Their father had no habit of complaint if the machinery creaked and even caused the walls to shudder with faulty action.
From The Prisoner by Alice Brown
This faulty action is due chiefly to faulty attack—a faulty coup de glotte—manifest mainly on initial vowels in an audible stroke, shock or check and in the emission of unvocalized breath.
From The Voice Its Production, Care and Preservation by Frank E. Miller
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