'Defective' definitions:
Definition of 'defective'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective" [syn: defective, faulty]
adjective
Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech"
adjective
Not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance" [syn: bad, defective]
Definition of 'Defective'
From: GCIDE
- 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; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- {De*fect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {De*fect"ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Defective'
From: GCIDE
- Defective \De*fect"ive\, n.
- 1. Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. (Med.) One who is lacking physically or mentally.
- Note: Under the term defectives are included deaf-mutes, the blind, the feeble-minded, the insane, and sometimes, esp. in criminology, criminals and paupers. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'defective'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aberrant,
- abroad,
- adrift,
- adulterated,
- all abroad,
- all off,
- all wrong,
- ament,
- amiss,
- amputee,
- arrested,
- askew,
- astray,
- at fault,
- awry,
- backward,
- beside the mark,
- blemished,
- born fool,
- broken,
- callow,
- checked,
- cicatrized,
- clot,
- congenital idiot,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- cracked,
- crazed,
- cretin,
- cripple,
- damaged,
- debased,
- deceptive,
- defaced,
- deficient,
- deformed,
- deformity,
- delusive,
- deranged,
- deviant,
- deviational,
- deviative,
- disfigured,
- disordered,
- distorted,
- disturbed,
- embryonic,
- errant,
- erring,
- erroneous,
- exceptional,
- failing,
- fallacious,
- fallible,
- false,
- faultful,
- faulty,
- flawed,
- found wanting,
- golem,
- half-assed,
- half-wit,
- handicapped person,
- heretical,
- heterodox,
- hypoplastic,
- idiot,
- illogical,
- illusory,
- imbecile,
- immature,
- impaired,
- imperfect,
- imprecise,
- impure,
- in arrear,
- in arrears,
- in default,
- in short supply,
- inaccurate,
- inadequate,
- incapable,
- incompetent,
- incomplete,
- inexact,
- infant,
- injured,
- insufficient,
- juggins,
- keloidal,
- kinked,
- lacking,
- makeshift,
- marred,
- mediocre,
- mentally deficient,
- missing,
- mixed,
- mongoloid idiot,
- moron,
- natural,
- natural idiot,
- natural-born fool,
- needing,
- not enough,
- not perfect,
- not right,
- not true,
- off,
- off the track,
- on the blink,
- on the fritz,
- out,
- out of order,
- paralytic,
- paraplegic,
- part,
- partial,
- patchy,
- peccant,
- perverse,
- perverted,
- pimpled,
- pimply,
- quadriplegic,
- retarded,
- scabbed,
- scabby,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scarified,
- scarred,
- scrappy,
- self-contradictory,
- short,
- shy,
- sick,
- simp,
- simple,
- simpleton,
- sketchy,
- split,
- straying,
- subnormal,
- the crippled,
- the handicapped,
- too little,
- twisted,
- underdeveloped,
- undeveloped,
- unequal to,
- uneven,
- unfactual,
- unfinished,
- unhealthy,
- unorthodox,
- unperfected,
- unproved,
- unqualified,
- unsatisfactory,
- unsatisfying,
- unsettled,
- unsound,
- unsufficing,
- unthorough,
- untrue,
- vitiated,
- wanting,
- warped,
- wide,
- wrong
Words containing 'Defective'
- Defect,
- Defectibility,
- Defectible,
- Defection,
- Defectively,
- Defectiveness,
- birth defect,
- congenital defect,
- defect of speech,
- defective number,
- defective pleading,
- genetic defect,
- mass defect,
- mental defectiveness,
- septal defect,
- speech defect,
- vision defect,
- visual defect,
- atrial septal defect,
- autosomal recessive defect,
- congenital heart defect,
- ventricular septal defect