defective
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4.6
- adjective
- /dɪˈfɛktɪv/
- Slur
:
subnormal
- The doctor explained that his defective hearing made it hard for him to understand conversations.
- defective gene
- defective vision
- mentally defective
Even if you call me a quote defective arrogant sociopath, it's all OK.
- Even if you call me a quote defective arrogant sociopath, it's all OK.
- I flawed, defective, completely unhinged and crazy.
- If one is defective, the proverbial bad apple rotting out the entire barrel.
Examples
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Several researchers into color-defective vision have recently turned their attention to artists.
Academic text (1990) -
Unable to drive, I walked unembarrassed by my defective stride through the city and on the bridges over the Mississippi River.
Academic text (2009) -
I never knew my husband had a defective gene.
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You suffer from a defective memory.
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The goal with genetic and gene therapy is to maybe if you have the defective genes, we can replace those.
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One way is to replace a gene that's defective in a disease.
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It's one of the reasons why aging leads to defective hormonogenesis.
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If this self-monitoring is defective, then, of course, the experience of ownership is also perturbed.
Academic text (1999) -
In fact, entire organelles that are defective can be moved to the lysosome for destruction.
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I mean, if his heart were defective, you wouldn't question implanting an artificial valve.
Synonyms
182
3.7
Not perfect because of a mistake or problem
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6.1
Not working properly or doing its job
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3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
3
5.8
A body part or object with a shape that is not normal
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A legal document filed in court that has errors or missing information
How Impaired
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Defective uses the same idea: de- 'away' plus fect 'to make', so it can mean something in the body or mind was not made or developed right. That's why we call vision or hearing 'defective' when they do not work normally.