Defective can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| defective - having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective" | ||
| defective - markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech" | ||
| defective - not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance" | ||
Noun |
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| defective - A person considered to be defective. |
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| 1. | adj. | I returned the appliance because it was defective. | |
| 2. | adj. | Defective speech. | |
| 3. | adj. | A defective appliance. | |
| 4. | adj. | Percentage of detectors which give early warning of a biological weapons attack found to be defective. | |
| 5. | adj. | They replaced the defective TV with a new one. | |
| 6. | adj. | Some diseases are caused by a defective gene. | |
| 7. | adj. | My printer's black ink is defective; it bleeds across the page if I touch it with my finger. | |
| 8. | adj. | The drawing is defective. | |
| 9. | adj. | The weather report is defective. | |
| 10. | adj. | The clock is defective. | |
| 11. | adj. | If defective in structure, they are perfect in function. | |
| 12. | adj. | The thermostat is defective. | |
| 13. | adj. | The company recalled the defective products. | |
| 14. | adj. | Words of man may not be perfect, his vision and thoughts may be defective; but his heart must beat at the rhythm of creation to remind the angry earths and skies about the lost taste of serenity. | |
| 15. | adj. | My camera's display is defective. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| I returned the appliance because it was defective. |
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| Defective speech. |
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| A defective appliance. |
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| Percentage of detectors which give early warning of a biological weapons attack found to be defective. |
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| They replaced the defective TV with a new one. | |
| Some diseases are caused by a defective gene. | |
| My printer's black ink is defective; it bleeds across the page if I touch it with my finger. | |
| The drawing is defective. | |
| The weather report is defective. | |
| The clock is defective. | |
| If defective in structure, they are perfect in function. | |
| The thermostat is defective. | |
| The company recalled the defective products. | |
| Words of man may not be perfect, his vision and thoughts may be defective; but his heart must beat at the rhythm of creation to remind the angry earths and skies about the lost taste of serenity. | |
| My camera's display is defective. | |