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   defective

   /dɪˈfɛktɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. imperfect or faulty: "complaints over defective goods" Similar faultyflawedimperfectshoddyinoperativenot workingnot functioningnon-functioningmalfunctioningout of orderunsoundweakdeficientincompletein disrepairbrokencrackedtornscratcheddeformedwarpedbuckledinformal:gone wrongon the blinkknackeredduffOpposite workingperfect
   • ▪ lacking or deficient: "dystrophin is commonly defective in muscle tissue" Similar lackingwantingdeficientinadequateinsufficientshortlowscant
   • ▪ (of a word) not having all the inflections normal for the part of speech.
   • 2. having an intellectual disability. dated, offensive

   noun

   • 1. a person with an intellectual disability. dated, offensive

   Derivatives

   • 1. defectively adverb
   • 2. defectiveness noun

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   What does defective mean in slang?

   • 1. faulty, broken, not working, flawed, imperfect, out of order, on the blink (slang) Retailers can return defective merchandise. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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   What does a defect mean?

   • a fault or flaw. It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china. to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert. He defected to the West. (an act of) desertion. having a fault or flaw. a defective machine; He is mentally defective.

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   What does defective mean in a sentence?

   • If he is injured while running a car from a defective brake of which he had knowledge, he cannot recover. Thus if a meeting of proprietors must be called by twelve of them, a call signed by eleven is defective. Defective definition: having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect. See examples of DEFECTIVE used in a sentence.

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   What does defeituoso mean?

   • defeituoso, defeituoso/-sa [masculine-feminine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DEFECTIVE definition: 1. Something that is defective has a fault in it and does not work correctly: 2. Something that is….

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   What does faulty mean in English?

   • Middle English defectif, defectyve "lacking, faulty, of poor quality," borrowed from Anglo-French defectif, borrowed from Late Latin dēfectīvus "lacking an inflectional form, imperfect, faulty," from Latin dēfectus, past participle of dēficere "to be lacking, run short, fail" + -īvus -ive — more at deficient derivative of defective entry 1

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   What is a defective machine?

   • a defective machine. Psychology. characterized by subnormal intelligence or behavior. Grammar. (of an inflected word or its inflection) lacking one or more of the inflected forms proper to most words of the same class in the language, as English must, which occurs only in the present tense. a defective person or thing.

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   Defective means having a fault or not working correctly. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as machines, genes, logic, and more, with examples and translations.

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   Definitions of defective. adjective. having a defect. “I returned the appliance because it was defective ” synonyms: faulty. imperfect. not perfect; defective or inadequate. adjective. not working properly. “a defective appliance” synonyms: bad. malfunctioning, nonfunctional. not performing or able to perform its regular function. adjective.

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   Defective definition: having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect. See examples of DEFECTIVE used in a sentence.

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   Defective means having a defect or flaw, or not working properly. It can also be used to describe a person or thing that is below the usual standard or level, or a word that lacks some inflections.

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   Defective means having or showing a defect, faulty, or subnormal in intelligence or behavior. It can also describe a word that lacks some inflected forms or a person who has a physical or mental disability.