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2 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: defectiveness n : the state of being defective [syn: {faultiness}]
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