flaw
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It means you are a capitalist wallflower, a laggard with a serious character flaw.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Carmichael said he never claimed the gold was his and argued that the government "parading around gold bars is a flaw".
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
A second flaw was that workers who contributed and then left the state to work or retire elsewhere would have been ineligible for benefits.
From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026
Barron Roth, a 32-year-old product manager at a tech company, said the bot referred to a flaw in his code as a “classic little goblin.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
The flaw in the plan was that if the Americans attacked in Cuba, Khrushchev had no real answer.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing flaw
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
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