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