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primary fault

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primary fault [′prī‚merĀ·ē ‚fȯlt]
(electricity)
In an electric circuit, the initial breakdown of the insulation of a conductor, usually followed by a flow of power current.


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The 600-plus-page report lays primary fault with the passive reaction and misjudgments of top Bush aides, singling out Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, the Homeland Security Operations Center and the White House Homeland Security Council, according to a 60-page summary of the document obtained by The Washington Post.
Business decision makers were quick to select CFOs and other senior financial officials as the most culpable with 58 percent of respondents placing primary fault with those groups.
The book's primary fault, however, is the space it sometimes wastes on internal humanist organizational lore of no interest to a wider public.
 
 
 
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