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Defective

Defective Meaning & Definition
Defective Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defective?

[adj] not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
[adj] markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"
[adj] having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Defective: abnormal | bad | faulty | imperfect | malfunctioning | nonfunctional

Related Terms | Find terms related to Defective: aberrant | abroad | adrift | adulterated | all abroad | all off | all wrong | ament | amiss | amputee | arrested | askew | astray | at fault | awry | backward | beside the mark | blemished | born fool | broken | callow | checked | cicatrized | clot | congenital idiot | corrupt | corrupted | cracked | crazed | cretin | cripple | damaged | debased | deceptive | defaced | deficient | deformed | deformity | delusive | deranged | deviant | deviational | deviative | disfigured | disordered | distorted | disturbed | embryonic | errant | erring | erroneous | exceptional | failing | fallacious | fallible | false | faultful | faulty | flawed | found wanting | golem | half-assed | half-wit | handicapped person | heretical | heterodox | hypoplastic | idiot | illogical | illusory | imbecile | immature | impaired | imperfect | imprecise | impure | in arrear | in arrears | in default | in short supply | inaccurate | inadequate | incapable | incompetent | incomplete | inexact | infant | injured | insufficient | juggins | keloidal | kinked | lacking | makeshift | marred | mediocre | mentally deficient | missing | mixed | mongoloid idiot | moron | natural | natural idiot | natural-born fool | needing | not enough | not perfect | not right | not true | off | off the track | on the blink | on the fritz | out | out of order | paralytic | paraplegic | part | partial | patchy | peccant | perverse | perverted | pimpled | pimply | quadriplegic | retarded | scabbed | scabby | scant | scanty | scarified | scarred | scrappy | self-contradictory | short | shy | sick | simp | simple | simpleton | sketchy | split | straying | subnormal | the crippled | the handicapped | too little | twisted | underdeveloped | undeveloped | unequal to | uneven | unfactual | unfinished | unhealthy | unorthodox | unperfected | unproved | unqualified | unsatisfactory | unsatisfying | unsettled | unsound | unsufficing | unthorough | untrue | vitiated | wanting | warped | wide | wrong

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Defective In Webster's Dictionary

\De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d['e]fectif. See {Defect}.] 1. 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. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- {De*fect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {De*fect"ive*ness}, n.
\De*fect"ive\, n. 1. Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect. 2. (Med.) One who is lacking physically or mentally. Note: Under the term defectives are included deaf-mutes, the blind, the feeble-minded, the insane, and sometimes, esp. in criminology, criminals and paupers.

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