Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Guilty, responsible, to blame.
Goalkeeper Mary Earps, wearing the armband in Bright's absence, was at fault for Beerensteyn's second goal as she allowed the ball to squeeze between her hands at the near post, after the Dutch striker had got the better of Carter and Lucy Bronze for her opener.
2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, in BBC Sport
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedeserving blame
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto kulpa
- kulpadeserving of blame
Finnish vastuussa, syyllinen
- vastuussadeserving of blame
- syyllinendeserving of blame
- syypäädeserving of blame
French en tort
- en tortdeserving of blame
German schuld
- schulddeserving of blame
Hungarian hibás
- hibásdeserving of blame
Māori nawe, nanawe
- nawedeserving of blame
- nanawedeserving of blame
Polish winny
- winnydeserving of blame
Romanian de vină
- de vinădeserving of blame
Spanish culpable, en falta
- culpabledeserving of blame
- en faltadeserving of blame
Cite this entry
APA
at fault. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20fault
MLA
“at fault.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20fault. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “at fault,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/at%20fault.
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