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A critical weakness, defect, or vulnerability that leads to ultimate downfall, ruin, or failure.
"Arrogance was the fatal flaw that brought down the high-flying executive."
"The bridge design had one fatal flaw: it was vulnerable to harmonic wind vibrations."
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From Aristotle’s Poetics, defining the concept of "hamartia" or tragic error/flaw in heroic protagonists (like Achilles' heel or Macbeth's vaulting ambition).
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