defective en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪˈfɛktɪv/ (UK)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English defectif, defective, from Old French defectif, from Late Latin dēfectīvus.
Meanings
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Having one or more defects.
If the workmanship is defective, they'll replace the shoes with a new pair.
It is likely that the long evolutionary trajectory of Mycoplasma went from a reductive autotroph to oxidative heterotroph to a cell-wall–defective degenerate parasite. This evolutionary trajectory assumes the simplicity to complexity route of biogenesis, a point of view that is not universally accepted.
2013 March, Harold J. Morowitz, “The Smallest Cell”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, United States: Sigma Xi, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2017, page 83:Artillery officers sometimes have defective hearing.
- (of a lexeme, qualifier:especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
- (Arabic, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
- (of a script) Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
- (of abjad script) Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most defective | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more defective | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
complete · undefective · perfect · plene
Deriveds
defectiveness · defectively · defective number · immunodefective · defective on arrival · nondefective · defectivity · indefective · phosphodefective · defective verb · defective matrix
Relateds
deficiency · deficient · defector · defection · deficit · defect
Synonyms
Translations (76)
cs vadný (having one or more defects) · it difettivo (having only some forms) · hu hiányos ragozású (having only some forms) · bg повреден (having one or more defects) · ota اكسیك (having one or more defects) · tr eksik (having one or more defects) · br diglok (having only some forms) · nl gebrekkig (having one or more defects) · bg неизправен (having one or more defects) · pl ułomny (having only some forms) · pt defectivo (having only some forms) · he חָסֵר (having only some forms) · pt defeituoso (having one or more defects) · tl depektibo (having one or more defects) · gl defectivo (having only some forms) · cy ddiffygiol (having only some forms) · gl defectuoso (having one or more defects) · ar معيب (having one or more defects) · nl onvolkomen (having one or more defects) · ro defect (having one or more defects) · ota چوروك (having one or more defects) · fr défectif (having only some forms) · sv ofullständig (having only some forms) · ru повреждённый (having one or more defects) · hu hibás (having one or more defects) · he פגום (having one or more defects) · fi puutteellinen (having one or more defects) · fi rikkinäinen (having one or more defects) · nl defectief (having only some forms) · ga uireasach (having only some forms) · ru дефе́ктный (having one or more defects) · ca defectiu (having only some forms) · fi viallinen (having one or more defects) · da fejlbehæftet (having one or more defects) · tr hatalı (having one or more defects) · de mangelhaft (having only some forms) · fi vaillinainen (having only some forms) · es defectuoso (having one or more defects) · ar نَاقِص (having a weak final consonant) · sv defektiv (having only some forms) · ca defectiu (having one or more defects) · tr çürük (having one or more defects) · ro defectuos (having one or more defects) · it difettoso (having one or more defects) · he חָסֵר (spelled without matres lectionis) · tr kusurlu (having one or more defects) · de defekt (having one or more defects) · ga easpach (having one or more defects) · pl felerny (having one or more defects) · nl defectief (having one or more defects) · ro defectiv (having only some forms) · es defectivo (having only some forms) · sv defekt (having one or more defects) · el ελαττωματικός (having one or more defects) · fi vajavainen (having one or more defects) · gd uireasbhach (having only some forms) · la dēfectīvus (having one or more defects) · sip སྐྱོན་ཅན (having one or more defects) · de fehlerhaft (having one or more defects) · fi vajaa (having one or more defects) · la vitiōsus (having one or more defects) · fr défectueux (having one or more defects) · ru дефекти́вный (having only some forms) · hu hiányos (having one or more defects) · ru неиспра́вный (having one or more defects) · ca defectuós (having one or more defects) · da ufuldstændig (having only some forms) · tl depektuwoso (having one or more defects) · pl wadliwy (having one or more defects) · nl onvolmaakt (having one or more defects) · el ελλειπτικός (having only some forms) · ckb عەیبدار (having one or more defects) · da defekt (having one or more defects) · hu hiányos (having only some forms) · de unvollständig (having only some forms) · la mendōsus (having one or more defects)