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"flawed" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often imperfect (9 letters).
Definitions
having a blemish or flaw
Word origin
From Middle English flaued, equivalent to flaw + -ed.
Used in a sentence
“Flawed diamonds are generally not used in jewellery.”
“His design for a perpetual motion machine is flawed because water does not flow uphill.”
“He presents Hitler’s rise as an element of the collapse of a republic confronting dilemmas of globalization with imperfect instruments and flawed leaders.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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