Definition of defective

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Defective (a.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb..

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Sound :: Sound (superl.) Founded in law; legal; valid; not defective; as, a sound title to land..
Blemish :: Blemish (v. t.) To mark with deformity; to injure or impair, as anything which is well formed, or excellent; to mar, or make defective, either the body or mind..
Amateurish :: Amateurish (a.) In the style of an amateur; superficial or defective like the work of an amateur.
Defective :: Defective (a.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb..
Mar :: Mar (v.) To make defective; to do injury to, esp. by cutting off or defacing a part; to impair; to disfigure; to deface..
Defective :: Defective (a.) 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..
Deficient :: Deficient (a.) Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment..
Incompleteness :: Incompleteness (n.) The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness.
Sand-blind :: Sand-blind (a.) Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
Bad :: Bad (superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news..
Flawy :: Flawy (a.) Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.
Adesmy :: Adesmy (n.) The division or defective coherence of an organ that is usually entire.
Perfect :: Perfect (a.) Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct..
Meagre :: Meagre (a.) Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery..
Dichromic :: Dichromic (a.) Furnishing or giving two colors; -- said of defective vision, in which all the compound colors are resolvable into two elements instead of three..
Mutilous :: Mutilous (a.) Mutilated; defective; imperfect.
Apepsy :: Apepsy (n.) Defective digestion, indigestion..
Stammerer :: Stammer (n.) Defective utterance, or involuntary interruption of utterance; a stutter..
Insufficient :: Insufficient (a.) Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality..
Stuttering :: Stuttering (n.) The act of one who stutters; -- restricted by some physiologists to defective speech due to inability to form the proper sounds, the breathing being normal, as distinguished from stammering..
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