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Defective

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 See Also \| Defective In Webster's Dictionary \Defect"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. -- {Defect"ively}, adv. -- {Defect"iveness}, n. \Defect"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.

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"

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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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