defective

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Adjective 1.2.1 Related terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 See also

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[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

defective (comparative more defective, superlative most defective)

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.

[edit] Related terms

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

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[edit] Noun

defective (plural defectives)

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.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on defective verbs