Defect vs. Defective
Defectnoun
A fault or malfunction.
Defectnoun
The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
Defectnoun
(math) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
Defectverb
(intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
Defectverb
(military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
Defectverb
(military) To join the enemy army.
Defectverb
(law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
Defectnoun
Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; - opposed to superfluity.
Defectnoun
Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
Defectverb
To fail; to become deficient.
Defectverb
to abandon one country or faction, and join another.
Defectverb
To injure; to damage.
Defectnoun
an imperfection in a bodily system;
Defectnoun
a failing or deficiency;
Defectnoun
an imperfection in a device or machine;
Defectnoun
a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body);
Defectverb
desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army;
Defectiveadjective
Having one or more defects.
Defectiveadjective
Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
Defectiveadjective
Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
Defectivenoun
A person or thing considered to be defective.
Defectiveadjective
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.
Defectiveadjective
Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb.
Defectivenoun
Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
Defectivenoun
One who is lacking physically or mentally.
Defectiveadjective
having a defect;
Defectiveadjective
markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior;
Defectiveadjective
not working properly;
