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Defective synonyms
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imperfect
Not finished or complete; lacking in something
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  1. Not finished or complete; lacking in something
  2. (Botany) Having either stamens or a pistil only. Used of a flower.
  3. (Gram.) In certain inflected languages, designating or of the tense of a verb that indicates a past action or state as uncompleted, continuous, customary, or going on at the same time as another: “was writing” and “used to write” are English forms corresponding to the imperfect tense in such languages
incomplete
(Botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
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  1. (Botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
  2. Not complete.
  3. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
inadequate
Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
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  1. Not adequate to fulfill a need or meet a requirement; insufficient.
  2. Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc.
  3. Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
faulty
Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
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  1. Having or displaying faults; not perfect; not adequate or acceptable.
  2. Containing a fault or defect; imperfect or defective.
  3. Having a fault or faults; defective, blemished, imperfect, or erroneous
imperfect
Not perfect; having a defect, fault, or error
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  1. Not perfect; having a defect, fault, or error
  2. (Botany) Having either stamens or a pistil only. Used of a flower.
  3. (Gram.) In certain inflected languages, designating or of the tense of a verb that indicates a past action or state as uncompleted, continuous, customary, or going on at the same time as another: “was writing” and “used to write” are English forms corresponding to the imperfect tense in such languages
deficient
Inadequate in amount, quality, or degree; not sufficient
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  1. Inadequate in amount, quality, or degree; not sufficient
  2. Lacking in some essential; incomplete; defective
  3. Lacking an essential quality or element:
incomplete
Not complete.
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  1. Not complete.
  2. Not complete; not filled up; not finished; not having all its parts, or not having them all adjusted; imperfect; defective.
  3. (Botany) Of a flower, wanting any of the usual floral organs.
wanting
Absent; lacking; missing
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  1. Absent; lacking; missing
  2. Absent; lacking:
  3. Not measuring up to standards or expectations:
Find another word for defective. In this page you can discover 16 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for defective, like: imperfect, incomplete, inadequate, lacking, better, excess, broken, faulty, poor, unfinished and faulty.

Sentence Examples

  • The law is defective and unfair in its incidence, and it is not applicable to foreigners.

  • Accordingly" heresy is to be distinguished from defective stages of Christian knowledge.

  • The size of the boiler may be increased or diminished by the addition or subtraction of one or more sections; these, being simple in design, are easily fitted together, and should a section become defective it is a simple matter to insert a new one in its place.

  • Milbourn (1867) the defendant had broken his contract to let a lecture-room to the plaintiff, on discovering that the intended lectures were to maintain that "the character of Christ is defective, and his teaching misleading, and that the Bible is no more inspired than any other book," and the court of exchequer held that the publication of such doctrine was blasphemy, and the contract therefore illegal.

  • Other institutions include higher elementary schools for pupils certified to be able to profit by higher instruction; and schools for blind, deaf and defective children.

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