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   defective

   /dɪˈfɛktɪv/

   adjective

   • 1. imperfect or faulty: "complaints over defective goods" Similar faultyflawedimperfectshoddyinoperativenot workingnot functioningnon-functioningmalfunctioningout of orderunsoundweakdeficientincompletein disrepairbrokencrackedtornscratcheddeformedwarpedbuckledinformal:gone wrongon the blinkknackeredduffOpposite workingperfect
   • ▪ lacking or deficient: "dystrophin is commonly defective in muscle tissue" Similar lackingwantingdeficientinadequateinsufficientshortlowscant
   • ▪ (of a word) not having all the inflections normal for the part of speech.
   • 2. having an intellectual disability. dated, offensive

   noun

   • 1. a person with an intellectual disability. dated, offensive

   Derivatives

   • 1. defectively adverb
   • 2. defectiveness noun

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   What does defective mean in slang?

   • 1. faulty, broken, not working, flawed, imperfect, out of order, on the blink (slang) Retailers can return defective merchandise. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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   What does a defect mean?

   • a fault or flaw. It was a basic defect in her character; a defect in the china. to leave a country, political party etc to go and join another; to desert. He defected to the West. (an act of) desertion. having a fault or flaw. a defective machine; He is mentally defective.

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   What does defective mean in a sentence?

   • If he is injured while running a car from a defective brake of which he had knowledge, he cannot recover. Thus if a meeting of proprietors must be called by twelve of them, a call signed by eleven is defective. Defective definition: having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect. See examples of DEFECTIVE used in a sentence.

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   What does defeituoso mean?

   • defeituoso, defeituoso/-sa [masculine-feminine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DEFECTIVE definition: 1. Something that is defective has a fault in it and does not work correctly: 2. Something that is….

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   Defective definition: having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect. See examples of DEFECTIVE used in a sentence.

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   Defective means having or showing a defect, faulty, or subnormal in intelligence or behavior. It can also describe a word that lacks some inflected forms or a person who has a physical or mental disability.

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