DEFECTIVE
\dɪfˈɛktɪv], \dɪfˈɛktɪv], \d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of DEFECTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
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One who is lacking physically or mentally.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
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One who is lacking physically or mentally.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Having a blemish or flaw of any kind; incomplete; faulty; wanting some of the usual grammatical forms.
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Defectively.
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Defectiveness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Defectively.
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Defectiveness.
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Incomplete; imperfect; faulty.
By James Champlin Fernald
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1. Imperfect. 2. A person (a) lacking in some physical quality, as one who is blind or a deaf-mute; or (b) a mental or moral degenerate.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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