defective
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3.9
- adjective
- /dɪˈfɛktɪv/
:
defectuoso
- She returned the television to the store after discovering it was defective and would not power on.
- a defective product
- a defective part
- defective materials
The hard drive we were that we did buy was defective. Explain that drive.
- The hard drive we were that we did buy was defective. Explain that drive.
- Unfortunately, the official CDC test was defective.
- And my cover story was, hey, I'm a liquidation business and I just bought a pallet of defective GB motherboards from Newegg.
- So the output in China was the number of non defective items that came off the manufacturing belt.
- And for the NTSB to come out and say that's a defective airplane is almost an impossible thing because it destroys the balance of trade.
- And in fact, one of the machineries that gets rid of these defective proteins is called a proteasome.
- James Berdas, a lawyer for Left, told Bloomberg that the government's case is defective and that his client had no duty to disclose his personal trading intentions.
- You've got a defective product that kills half your Utas.
- And obviously it's also very important to in the applications of fuel cells because we can now use this defective crystallize into these reactions.
- Like your dad said, you felt infected and like defective.
Examples
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" They'll tell you it's the result of defective workmanship," says Merlin.
Academic text (1997) -
However, the system may operate in a degraded mode until the defective component has been replaced.
Academic text (1997) -
What about a defective power supply?
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I think we do have a defective graphics card in this thing.
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A young couple had bought a defective crib monitor that caught on fire.
Fiction book (1999) -
When a baby is born with a defective heart, everyone follows the drama through each succeeding operation.
Fiction book (1997) -
The widgets turn out to be defective and ABC sues.
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"Your robot is defective."
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For example, in the manufacture of monkey wrenches, we do not want to ship defective wrenches.
Academic text (2001) -
The manufacturer recalled the cars because many had defective brakes that could cause accidents.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Not working properly or in poor condition
182
3.7
Not perfect because of a mistake or problem
73
3.5
Having faults or missing parts that make it less good
61
3.5
Not working correctly because a part is broken or wrong
31
1.0
Damaged or not whole and not working
16
2.3
Damaged or broken so it does not work
9
4.8
Poor quality and likely to break quickly
7
7.1
You cannot use it because it does not work
1
3.9
Having many small errors or problems in a program
Not working properly so a machine or system cannot work as it should
Not useful for everyday tasks
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A legal document filed in court that has errors or missing information
How Defective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Defective comes from Latin parts de- meaning 'away' and fect (from facere) meaning 'to make', and you can see the same fect in perfect ('well made'). So a defective product is 'not made right' and has a fault that keeps it from working properly.