faulting
/ˈfɔltɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of fault; criticizing or finding mistakes.
- He was faulting the plan without offering any better ideas.
- She is always faulting her teammates for small errors.
- Stop faulting yourself for things that went wrong.
noun
- The process of cracking and shifting in the Earth's crust, creating faults.
- The earthquake was caused by recent faulting along the plate boundary.
- Faulting in the region has created a series of valleys and ridges.
- Geologists study faulting to understand how mountains are formed.