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The phrase "a basic flaw" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a fundamental or essential error in a system, argument, or design.
Example: "The report highlighted a basic flaw in the methodology that could affect the results."
Alternatives: "a fundamental error" or "a critical mistake."
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There is a basic flaw with this interpretation.
Yet one of the most-watched reports issued by the government has a basic flaw.
This shows a basic flaw in the Bush mantra that tax cuts create jobs.
And that's in large part because most of those ideas have a basic flaw.
The usual way that people talk about the Republican primary polls has a basic flaw.
The lawsuits share a basic flaw: Profit-making corporareonotare not human beings capable of engaging in religious exercise to begin with.
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The would-be dismissal exposed a fairly basic flaw in Bairstow's game which is causing him to be bowled far too often.
The Mercury News points out a fairly basic flaw in Google's Desktop Search application: it cannot track files if you move them around on your hard drive (changing folders, moving folders, etc.).
The Mercury News points out a fairly basic flaw in Google's Desktop Search application: it cannot track files if you move them around on your hard drive (changing folders, moving folders, etc).
There is a certain logic to this; the basic flaw, however, is that the Internet is not static.
Researchers have found what they claim is a basic design flaw in Adobe's execution of its Flash Player technology.
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