defectiveness (noun)

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• defectiveness — defective ► ADJECTIVE 1) imperfect or faulty. 2) lacking or deficient. DERIVATIVES defectively adverb defectiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

• defectiveness — noun see defective I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• defectiveness — noun The state or quality of being defective …   Wiktionary

• defectiveness — noun the state of being defective • Syn: ↑faultiness • Derivationally related forms: ↑faulty (for: ↑faultiness), ↑defective • Hypernyms: ↑imperfection, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• Defectiveness — Defective De*fect ive, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d[ e]fectif. See {Defect}.] 1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mental defectiveness — noun retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence • Syn: ↑abnormality • Derivationally related forms: ↑abnormal (for: ↑abnormality) • Hypernyms: ↑retardation, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

• defective — I. adjective Date: 14th century 1. a. imperfect in form or function ; faulty < a defective pane of glass > b. falling below the norm in structure or in mental or physical function < defective eyesight > 2. lacking one or more of the usual forms… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• defective — /dəˈfɛktɪv / (say duh fektiv) adjective 1. having a defect; faulty; imperfect. 2. Psychology characterised by subnormal intelligence or behaviour. 3. Grammar (of an inflected word or its inflection) lacking one or more of the inflected forms… …  

• defective — adjective 1》 imperfect or faulty. 2》 lacking or deficient: dystrophin is commonly defective in muscle tissue. Derivatives defectively adverb defectiveness noun …   English new terms dictionary

• defective — adjective 1 not made properly, or not working properly: defective components 2 technical defective verb a verb such as must or can that cannot be used in all the forms that a verb can usually be used in defectively adverb defectiveness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• defective — ► ADJECTIVE 1) imperfect or faulty. 2) lacking or deficient. DERIVATIVES defectively adverb defectiveness noun …   English terms dictionary