Idiom
to a fault
Meaning
To an excessive degree; extremely; counterproductively.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He is generous to a fault.”
“She is honest to a fault, so she often tells people things they do not want to hear.”
“His dedication to the project was admirable, yet he was perfectionistic to a fault, which caused the team to miss their final deadline.”
Examples
simple
“He is generous to a fault.”
contextual
“She is honest to a fault, so she often tells people things they do not want to hear.”
complex
“His dedication to the project was admirable, yet he was perfectionistic to a fault, which caused the team to miss their final deadline.”
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