defective
pronunciation
How to pronounce defective in British English:
UK [dɪˈfektɪv]
How to pronounce defective in American English:
US [dɪˈfektɪv]
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- Adjective:
- having a defect
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
- not working properly
Word Origin
- defective (adj.)
- mid-14c., from Middle French défectif (14c.) and directly from Late Latin defectivus, from defect-, past participle stem of deficere (see deficient). A euphemism for "mentally ill" from 1898 to c. 1935. Related: Defectively; defectiveness.
Example
- 1. Defective loans were routinely overlooked .
- 2. In spite of this rather defective education , I got two important things from it .
- 3. Vought in america and alenia in italy delivered defective chunks of the new composite plastic fuselage .
- 4. A public inquiry ruled that the report had been unfounded and described the bbc 's editorial policies as defective .
- 5. Image : a growing ht1080 fibrosarcoma tumor in the mouse dermis triggers neoangiogenesis , often as bizarrely shaped , irregular vessels with defective permeability .