Defective

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Adjective

Defective (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Defective

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Superlative {{{2}}}

1. Having one or more defects.
2. (grammar, of a verb) lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

Related terms

• defect
• defection
• defector
• deficiency
• deficient
• deficit

Translations

having one or more defects

Bulgarian: повреден bg(bg), неизправен bg(bg) Czech: vadný cs(cs) m. German: fehlerhaft de(de), defekt de(de) Hebrew: פגום (pagum)

Kurdish: عه‌یبدار Spanish: defectuoso es(es) (1), defectivo es(es) (2)

verb with only some tenses

French: défectif fr(fr) m.

Noun

Singular Defective

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Defective ({{{1}}})

1. A person considered to be defective.
   • 2007 January 15, Bernard E. Harcourt, “The Mentally Ill, Behind Bars”, New York Times:

     There were many more kinds of mental institutions at mid-century, ones for “mental defectives and epileptics” and the mentally retarded, psychiatric wards in veterans hospitals, as well as “psychopathic” and private mental hospitals.

See also

• Wikipedia article on defective verbs

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