Defective
11defective — (informal) A damaged pouch, sack, lock, or key …
12defective — [adj] broken, not working abnormal, amiss, blemished, damaged, deficient, faulty, flawed, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufficient, lacking, on the bum*, out of order, poor, seconds, sick, subnormal, unfinished,… …
13defective — ► ADJECTIVE 1) imperfect or faulty. 2) lacking or deficient. DERIVATIVES defectively adverb defectiveness noun …
14defective — Lacking in some particular which is essential to the completeness, legal sufficiency, or security of the object spoken of; as a defective service of process or return of service. A product is defective if it is not fit for the ordinary purposes… …
15defective — Lacking in some particular which is essential to the completeness, legal sufficiency, or security of the object spoken of; as a defective service of process or return of service. A product is defective if it is not fit for the ordinary purposes… …
16defective — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. imperfect in form or function ; faulty < a defective pane of glass > b. falling below the norm in structure or in mental or physical function < defective eyesight > 2. lacking one or more of the usual forms… …
17defective — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. ADVERB ▪ highly, seriously (esp. BrE), severely …
18defective — [[t]dɪfe̱ktɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED If something is defective, there is something wrong with it and it does not work properly. Her sight was becoming defective... Retailers can return defective merchandise …
19defective — defectively, adv. defectiveness, n. /di fek tiv/, adj. 1. having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect: a defective machine. 2. Psychol. characterized by subnormal intelligence or behavior. 3. Gram. (of an inflected word or its inflection) lacking… …
20defective — Denoting or exhibiting a defect; imperfect; a failure of quality. * * * de·fec·tive di fek tiv adj falling below the norm in structure or in mental or physical function <defective eyesight> de·fec·tive·ness nəs n defective n one that is… …
