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"I returned the appliance because it was defective"adjectivehaving a defect
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"a defective appliance"adjectivenot working properly
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"defective speech"adjectivemarkedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
Definition that contains defective
- sickness defectiveness or unsoundness
- lallation defective articulation of the `l' phoneme or the phoneme `r' is pronounced as `l'
- osteodystrophy defective bone development; usually attributable to renal disease or to disturbances in calcium and phosphorus metabolism