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Dictionary: de·fec·tive   (dĭ-fĕk'tĭv) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Having a defect; faulty: a defective appliance.
    2. Marked by subnormal structure, function, intelligence, or behavior: defective speech.
  1. Grammar. Lacking one or more of the inflected forms normal for a particular category of word, as the verb may in English.
n. Offensive
One who is physically or mentally deficient.

defectively de·fec'tive·ly adv.
defectiveness de·fec'tive·ness n.

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Statistics Dictionary: defective
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An item that does not meet the required standard of a production process.



Business Dictionary: Defective
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1. Incomplete, faulty.

2. Not reasonably safe for a use that can be reasonably anticipated. See also Product Liability; Warranty.

Thesaurus: defective
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adjective

  1. Having a defect or defects: faulty, imperfect. See better/worse.
  2. Lacking an essential element: deficient, incomplete, lacking, wanting. See better/worse, excess/insufficiency/enough.

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adj

Definition: broken, not working
Antonyms: excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken


Law Dictionary: Defective
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Something that is wanting as to an essential; incomplete, deficient, faulty, 331 S.W. 2d 140, 143; also, not reasonably safe for a use which can be reasonably anticipated or for which reason it was purchased. 148 A. 2d 261, 265. See warranty [warranty of fitness, warranty of merchantibility]. See also products liability; strict liability.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adj. - Not working properly; Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; Having a defect.

pronunciation You should return a defective product.

 
 
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