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Definition of Defective

1. Adjective. Having a defect. "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

2. Adjective. Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior. "Defective speech"

3. Adjective. Not working properly. "A defective appliance"

Definition of Defective

1. a. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.

2. n. Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.

Definition of Defective

1. Adjective. Having one or more defects. ¹

2. Adjective. (grammar of a verb) lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person. ¹

3. Noun. A person considered to be defective. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Defective

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Defective

1. Denoting or exhibiting a defect; imperfect; a failure of quality. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Defective

defect defect of speech defected defectibilities defectibility defectible defecting defection defectionist defectionists

defections defectious defective (current term) defective bacteriophage defective interfering particle defective number defective numbers defective on arrival defective organism defective phage

defective pleading defective probacteriophage defective prophage defective verb defective verbs defective virus defective viruses

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