- 1. 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. Source: opted
- 2. a. Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. Source: opted
- 3. adj. having a defect Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. not working properly Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. 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. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n. Source: webster
- 7. Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation;as, a defective noun or verb.-- De*fect"ive*ly, adv.-- De*fect"ive*ness, n. Source: adambom
- 8. j:100 s. having a defect s. markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior Source: ecdict
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