faultysoftware

noun
UK /ˈfɔːlti ˈsɒftweə/
US /ˈfɔːlti ˈsɔːftwer/

Software is faulty when it has mistakes that make it not work right.

The game kept crashing because of faulty software.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. A computer program that gives wrong answers or does the wrong thing.

The calculator app had faulty software and showed the wrong total.

3. Software that stops working suddenly while you are using it.

Faulty software made the tablet freeze in the middle of the lesson.

4. Software with a mistake that lets something unsafe happen.

The bank fixed the faulty software before anyone could get in.