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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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markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
One who is lacking physically or mentally.
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.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
One who is lacking physically or mentally.
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.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Having a blemish or flaw of any kind; incomplete; faulty; wanting some of the usual grammatical forms.
Defectively.
Defectiveness.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Defectively.
Defectiveness.
Incomplete; imperfect; faulty.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Having defect; incomplete; insufficient.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

Wanting in something, physical or moral; imperfect; incomplete.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Imperfect; faulty; wanting in something.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

A person who is deficient in one or more of the physical or mental powers. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

Full of defects, imperfect, not sufficient; faulty, blameable.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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