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Definition of Defectiveness
1. Noun. The state of being defective.
Generic synonyms: Imperfection, Imperfectness
Specialized synonyms: Bugginess, Lameness, Sickness
Derivative terms: Defective, Defective, Faulty, Faulty
Definition of Defectiveness
1. Noun. The state or quality of being defective. ¹
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Definition of Defectiveness
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Defectiveness
Literary usage of Defectiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Child Labor Bulletin by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.) (1914)
"Yet there is a very real connection between mental defectiveness and anything
that makes ... The greatest causes of defectiveness are vice and crime. ..."
2. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"The Defectiveness of their Language. ONE of these Grand Assemblies was held in
my time, about three Months before my Departure, whither my Master went as ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... but the general character of all the persons to whom they give shelter is
defectiveness and, as a rule, inability to pay for their own support. ..."
4. Problems of Child Welfare by George Benjamin Mangold (1914)
"Physical Defectiveness. Apart from the failure of certain classes and groups to
develop a normal physique and the usual amount of strength, we find physical ..."
5. Social Problems: A Study of Present-day Social Conditions by Ezra Thayer Towne (1916)
"Cost of mental defectiveness. — The average annual cost for each patient in
institutions for the insane in the United States is about $175. ..."
6. Primitive Piety Revived: Or, The Aggressive Power of the Christian Church. A by Henry Clay Fish, Congregational Board of Publication (1855)
"Proofs of its Defectiveness.— General Opinion. — Ministerial Destitution.
— Unconcern for the Heathen.—Progress of the Mission Work. ..."
7. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1919)
"... inevitably leads to dubious surmises in regard to incidents related in the
book, but not mentioned in the journal. Defectiveness OF THE RECORD. ..."
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