The phrase "a flawed account" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a narrative or explanation that contains inaccuracies or errors.
Example: "The historian's analysis was criticized for presenting a flawed account of the events leading up to the war."
Alternatives: "an inaccurate portrayal" or "a misleading narrative".
Last year our reviewer, Clyde Haberman, found this a flawed account, but one with "impressive" reportage and "great yarns".
Loring Wirbel Colorado Springs, ColoradoThe special report on telecoms is a fascinating overview of future prospects, but a flawed account of technological history.
Many Republicans have also condemned the report as a flawed account of the response to the attacks on 11 September , 2001
"This is still a flawed accounting system," said Joshua D. Rauh, an associate professor of finance at Northwestern University.
The reimbursement rate to physicians could be enhanced and stabilized, instead of depending on an annual cat-and-mouse game with Congress (the "doc fix") over a flawed accounting formula that only erodes physician confidence in the program.
It was a foolhardy venture – Atlantic had engaged in flawed accounting and in 1990 underwent a £1bn collapse, dragging British and Commonwealth down with it.
Although he never criticizes Mr. Clinton personally, Mr. Stiglitz says the administration as a whole sold out to deregulation, globalization, flawed accounting systems and other forces.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 (Reuters) — The mortgage lending company Fannie Mae filed suit on Tuesday against its former auditor KPMG, accusing the firm of negligence and breach of contract for its part in the flawed accounting that led to a $6.3 billion restatement of earnings.
The books published by Nuzzi and Fittipaldi depict the Vatican bureaucracy that Francis inherited three years ago as being on the verge of implosion thanks to a toxic cocktail of chronic over-spending, flawed accounting systems and serious irregularities in several departments that may have masked corruption.
Besides its own overambitious strategies and flawed accounting, WorldCom also fell victim to a glut of telecommunications capacity.
FASB Chairman Robert Herz seeks to end the flawed accounting practice that lets companies inflate their profits during a bear market with rosy expected return rates on pension assets, rates that date back to the bubble years.
