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 Definitions of defective  [ɪˈfɛk tɪv]  

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Definition of 'defective' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) defective
faulty.

2.  defective
subnormal in intelligence or behavior.

3.  defective
lacking one or more of the inflected forms common to most words of the same class in a language, as must, which occurs only in the present tense.

4. (n.) defective
a defective person or thing.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; ME < MF < LL)

Definition of 'defective' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) defective, faulty
having a defect
"I returned the appliance because it was defective"

2. (adj) defective
markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
"defective speech"

3. (adj) bad, defective
not working properly
"a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"


Definition of 'defective' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) defective
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. (adj) defective
lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb


Translation of 'defective' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: having a fault or flaw
a defective machine; He is mentally defective.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: gebrekkig, defek, foutief Arabic flag Arabic: ناقِص، فيهِ عَيْب Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дефектен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: defeituoso Czech flag Czech: kazový, závadný German flag German: schadhaft
Danish flag Danish: fejlbehæftet; defekt Greek flag Greek: ελαττωματικός Spanish flag Spanish: defectuoso
Estonian flag Estonian: rikkis, puudulik Farsi flag Farsi: خراب؛ معیوب Finnish flag Finnish: viallinen
French flag French: défectueux, déficient Hebrew flag Hebrew: פָּגוּם Hindi flag Hindi: त्रुटिपूर्ण
Croatian flag Croatian: kojem nešto fali, defekta Hungarian flag Hungarian: sérült Indonesian flag Indonesian: punya cacat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gallaður; afbrigðilegur Italian flag Italian: difettoso; ritardato Japanese flag Japanese: 欠点のある
Korean flag Korean: 결함이 있는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: su trūkumais, sugedęs, ne Latvian flag Latvian: defektīvs; nepilnīgs; boj
Malay flag Malay: rosak Dutch flag Dutch: defect, gebrekkig Norwegian flag Norwegian: mangelfull, defekt
Polish flag Polish: wadliwy Persian flag Persian: خراب؛ معیوب Pashto flag Pashto: نامكمل، غير كافى، عيب درل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: defeituoso Romanian flag Romanian: cu defecte; deficient Russian flag Russian: неисправный; дефективный
Slovak flag Slovak: chybný Slovenian flag Slovenian: pokvarjen; moten Serbian flag Serbian: defektivan
Swedish flag Swedish: bristfällig, defekt, efte Thai flag Thai: ที่มีข้อบกพร่อง Turkish flag Turkish: kusurlu, bozuk
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 有缺陷的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пошкоджений; дефективний Urdu flag Urdu: ناقص یا عیبی
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: có thiếu sót Chinese flag Chinese: 有缺陷的

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