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My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.
Benjamin Whorf

Meaning of "defective" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFECTIVE

defective  [dɪˈfɛktɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFECTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Defective is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DEFECTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of defective in the English dictionary

The first definition of defective in the dictionary is having a defect or flaw; imperfect; faulty. Other definition of defective is below the usual standard or level, esp in intelligence. Defective is also lacking the full range of inflections characteristic of its form class, as for example must, which has no past tense.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFECTIVE


affective
əˈfɛktɪv
collective
kəˈlɛktɪv
detective
dɪˈtɛktɪv
directive
dɪˈrɛktɪv
effective
ɪˈfɛktɪv
imperfective
ˌɪmpəˈfɛktɪv
ineffective
ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv
infective
ɪnˈfɛktɪv
noneffective
ˌnɒnɪˈfɛktɪv
objective
əbˈdʒɛktɪv
perfective
pəˈfɛktɪv
perspective
pəˈspɛktɪv
prospective
prəˈspɛktɪv
protective
prəˈtɛktɪv
refective
rɪˈfɛktɪv
reflective
rɪˈflɛktɪv
respective
rɪˈspɛktɪv
selective
sɪˈlɛktɪv
subjective
səbˈdʒɛktɪv
supereffective
ˌsuːpərɪˈfɛktɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFECTIVE

defeatist
defeature
defecate
defecation
defecator
defect
defectibility
defectible
defection
defectionist
defectively
defectiveness
defector
defeminisation
defeminise
defeminization
defeminize
defence
defence counsel
defence expenditure

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFECTIVE

active
addictive
alternative
attractive
constrictive
constructive
corrective
cost-effective
destructive
distinctive
inactive
interactive
irrespective
predictive
proactive
productive
radioactive
reactive
reproductive
restrictive
seductive

Synonyms and antonyms of defective in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEFECTIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «defective» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of defective

Translation of «defective» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFECTIVE

Find out the translation of defective to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of defective from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «defective» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

有缺陷的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

defectuoso
570 millions of speakers

English

defective
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दोषपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عيب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неисправен
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

defeituoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ত্রুটিপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

défectueux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cacat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

fehlerhaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

欠陥のある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

결함이 있는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cacat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khiếm khuyết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறைபாடுள்ள
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सदोष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

arızalı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

difettoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uszkodzony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

несправний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

defect
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελαττωματικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gebrekkige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

defekt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

defekt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of defective

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFECTIVE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFECTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about defective

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8 QUOTES WITH «DEFECTIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word defective.
1
Colin Angle
In the beginning of Roomba, we all took turns answering the support line. Once, a woman called and explained that her robot had a defective motor. I said, 'Send it back. We'll send you a new one.' She said, 'No - I'm not sending you Rosie.'
2
Giordano Bruno
Because of the active principle and spirit or universal soul, nothing is so incomplete, defective or imperfect, or, according to common opinion, so completely insignificant that it could not become the source of great events.
3
W. Edwards Deming
No one knows the cost of a defective product - don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.
4
P. D. James
Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.
5
Morley Safer
What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?
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Benjamin Whorf
My analysis was directed toward purely physical conditions, such as defective wiring, presence of lack of air spaces between metal flues and woodwork, etc., and the results were presented in these terms.
7
Emma Willard
Aware that his disappointment has its source in a defective education, he looks with anxiety on his other daughters, whose minds, like lovely buds, are beginning to open. Where shall he find a genial soil in which he may place them to expand?
8
Magdi Yacoub
The nanofibrillar scaffolds designed to guide the process of cellular repopulation is an important step towards prolonging life and enhancing the quality of life for patients with advanced heart disease with defective valve.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFECTIVE»

Discover the use of defective in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to defective and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Diagnosis of Defective Colour Vision
Completely updated and revised, this practical book continues to provide clear and succinct information about colour defiency and all aspects of colour vision testing.
Jennifer Birch, 2001
2
Defective Construction Work
Written by a solicitor with over twenty years of experience of building disputes, this book examines the responsibilities and liabilities of the project team when defects occur.
Kevin Barrett, 2009
3
Seven Years of Highly Defective People: Scott Adams' Guided ...
A scrapbook traces the development of the comic strip about life in corporate America, including the creator's thoughts about the formation of his character's lives and personalities.
‎1997
4
The Black Stork : Eugenics and the Death of "Defective" ...
Martin Pernick tells this captivating story--uncovering forgotten sources and long-lost motion pictures--in order to show how efforts to improve human heredity (eugenics) became linked with mercy killing, as well as with race, class, gender ...
Martin S. Pernick Professor of History University of Michigan, 1996
5
10 Habits of Decidedly Defective People: The Successful ...
This book will at the same time prevent the sharp, solid and smart ones from lathering, rinsing and repeating the deeds of the disastrous ones.
Doug Giles, 2007
6
More Tales of the Defective Detective in the Pulps
This second collection of defective detective stories features some of the best of the period, including Russell Gray’s gimpy hero Ben Bryn, Edith and Ejler Jacobson’s hemophiliac gum-shoe Nat Perry, John Kobler’s glaucomatous ...
Gary Hoppenstand, Garyn G. Roberts, Ray Broadus Browne, 1985
7
Defective Colour Vision: Fundamentals, Diagnosis and Management
This valuable handbook is quite unique in its essentially practical yet comprehensive approach to the testing of colour vision, and in its unusual consideration of palliative methods; professionals will find that it offers guidance for the ...
Robert Fletcher, Janet Voke, 1985
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Defective paradigms: missing forms and what they tell us
This is evidence of a larger problem involving the interface between syntax and morphology: inflectional morphology is supposed to specify syntactic function, but sometimes it sends out the wrong signal.
Matthew Baerman, Greville G. Corbett, Dunstan Brown, 2010
9
The Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook
Appendix. 28. Equivalent. Sigma. Levels,. Percent. Defective,. and. PPM. Appendix 29 Critical Values for the Mann-Whitney Test Table (One-Tail, 554. With no sigma shift (centered) With 1.5 sigma shift Sigma level Percent in specification ...
T. M. Kubiak, Donald W. Benbow, 2009
10
The Minimalist Syntax of Defective Domains: Gerunds and ...
This book unifies the analysis of certain non-finite domains, focusing on subject licensing, agreement, and Case and control.
Acrisio Pires, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFECTIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term defective is used in the context of the following news items.
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Work will continue on defective Columbia River levee system
TRIBUNE PHOTO: JAIME VALDEZ - A Union Pacific train travels over the railroad embankment/ Sixty-seven years after the city of Vanport was ... «Portland Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Measles Virus Defective Interfering RNAs Are Generated Frequently …
Defective interfering RNAs (DI-RNAs) of the viral genome can form during infections of negative-strand RNA viruses and outgrow full-length ... «Journal of Virology, Jul 15»
3
LG G4 Touchscreen Problem: Check And Fix Defective Touchscreen …
LG G4 is the latest flagship from the Korean giant, taking on the mighty Samsung, its archrival. The LG G4 has a tough fight ahead, with ... «AndroidOrigin, Jul 15»
4
Another Indian firm in trouble for defective clinical trials work
Another clinical research organisation, Quest Life Sciences of Chennai, is in trouble over defective trials work, according to a warning issued by ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
5
Death toll from defective GM switches rises to 121
NEW YORK (AP) — The death toll from faulty ignition switches in General Motors' small cars has risen by two to 121. Victims' families are being ... «WFLA, Jul 15»
6
De-jargoned: Defective income tax returns
An income tax return will be considered defective if you provide incomplete details. For instance, not providing Permanent Account Number ... «Livemint, Jul 15»
7
VicRoads sting removes defective trucks from Dandenong South roads
VicRoads sting removes defective trucks from Dandenong South roads ... sting in Dandenong South have been found to be defective. «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
8
Toyota to recall more than 7100 units of Corolla over defective
NEW DELHI: Toyota Motor is recalling more than 7,100 units of its executive sedan Corolla manufactured between April 2007 and July 2008 ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
9
Home / Car News / 2015 Ford Focus, C-Max and Escape Recalled …
... North America, including the 2015 Ford Focus, C-Max and Escape to fix a defective body control module, the automaker said late last week. «Edmunds.com, Jul 15»
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Locomotives 'are defective' - EFF
The EFF yesterday slammed the government over what the party called the procurement of 70 “defective” locomotives by the Passenger Rail ... «The Citizen, Jul 15»

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