For example, if a bolt has a hidden flaw introduced during manufacturing, it will not be as reliable as other bolts of the same type.

There is a saying, "Nature always sides with the hidden flaw."

In the back of his mind, Dixon had been waiting for the hidden flaw of this operation to pop up and rear its ugly head.

Searching for hidden flaws of character, I started with his looks.

And as every jeweler knows, the most perfect of crystals possesses its hidden flaws.

He is approached by Lyrae, a beautiful "foreign" woman who offers a formula to protect his spacecraft from a hidden flaw.

She examined teeth for proper bite, dug under coats for hidden flaws.

Tenaida weighed the statement to make sure he would not get trapped by a hidden flaw in Brady's reasoning.

But there is a second and hidden flaw.

The best way to do this is to actively search for and highlight hidden flaws and inconsistencies.