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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf F. d['e]fectif. See {Defect}.] 1. 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 2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as a defective noun or verb -- {De*fect"ive*ly}, adv -- {De*fect"ive*ness}, n. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Defective \De*fect"ive\, n. 1. Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect. 2. (Med.) One who is lacking physically or mentally. Note: Under the term defectives are included deaf-mutes, the blind, the feeble-minded, the insane, and sometimes esp. in criminology, criminals and paupers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: defective adj 1: having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was defective" [syn: {faulty}] 2: markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior; "defective speech" 3: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance" [syn: {bad}]
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