'command' builtin doesn't seem to work for external 'printf'

[Carl Thompson]

Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: x86_64
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -march=x86-64 -mtune=generic -O2 -pipe -fno-plt 
-DDEFAULT_PATH_VALUE='/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin' 
-DSTANDARD_UTILS_PATH='/usr/bin' -DSYS_BASHRC='/etc/bash.b
ashrc' -DSYS_BASH_LOGOUT='/etc/bash.bash_logout' -DNON_INTERACTIVE_LOGIN_SHELLS 
uname output: Linux clip 5.10.26-brunch-sebanc #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 7 
21:32:32 CEST 2021 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu

Bash Version: 5.1
Patch Level: 4
Release Status: release

Description:
'command' builtin doesn't seem to work for external 'printf'. It appears to use 
the builtin.

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[cet@clip ~]$ printf
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]

[cet@clip ~]$ type -P printf
/usr/bin/printf

[cet@clip ~]$ /usr/bin/printf
/usr/bin/printf: missing operand
Try '/usr/bin/printf --help' for more information.

[cet@clip ~]$ command printf
printf: usage: printf [-v var] format [arguments]
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I believe that running 'command printf' should yield the same result as running 
'/usr/bin/printf'

Repeat-By:
(See above)