at fault

See also: at-fault

English

Prepositional phrase

at fault

1. Guilty, responsible, to blame.
   • 2023 December 1, Emma Sanders, “England 3-2 Netherlands”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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.

2. Of hunting dogs: unable to find the scent.

Translations

deserving of blame

• Finnish: vastuussa, syyllinen (fi) (adjective), syypää (fi) (noun)
• Esperanto: kulpa
• French: en tort
• German: schuld (de)
• Hungarian: hibás (hu)
• Maori: nawe, nanawe
• Polish: winny (pl)