as in imperfect
having a fault
promptly took the defective microwave oven back to the store for a replacement
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Recent Examples of defective
The accord comes after after the automaker has struck secret settlements in several other cases that blamed defective technology for deadly accidents.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
Car accidents are statistically more common than encountering a defective medical device.
—Matt Lowe, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Experts have said that any such policy is almost certain to face immediate legal challenges, and that implementing the rule would rely on potential buyers self-declaring as mentally ill or a court determining them to be mentally defective.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
It's passed from the mother to her son through one of the mother's genes and most of those mothers are carriers of the defective gene, having no symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2025
Car accidents are statistically more common than encountering a defective medical device.
—Matt Lowe, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Advertisement Experts have said that any such policy is almost certain to face immediate legal challenges, and that implementing the rule would rely on potential buyers self-declaring as mentally ill or a court determining them to be mentally defective.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Sep. 2025
It's passed from the mother to her son through one of the mother's genes and most of those mothers are carriers of the defective gene, having no symptoms, according to the Mayo Clinic.
—Beth Warren, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defective
Adjective
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Still, ending the war always required that Hamas agree to a deal—perhaps an ugly one, certainly an imperfect one, but one that would bring a stop to the killing.—
Mohammed R. Mhawish,
New Yorker,
14 Oct. 2025
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Football is an imperfect game played in an imperfect world.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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So sorry, fantasy coaches and anybody that bet on me, my bad.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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Joseph had maybe his worst day of the year.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Now, though, voters have a fresh chance to do unwrap a flawed narrative and bring the broader issue out of the shadows.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
17 Oct. 2025
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Most of the older studies on grapefruit for weight loss were small and flawed.—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Then report the faulty light to local police or 311 in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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Investigators found that the explosion was caused by a faulty weld in a pipeline installed in the 1950s.—
NPR,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In 2025, kids put their cards into clear resin or plastic containers to preserve and protect them from scratches or damaged corners.—
Mark Billingsley,
Sacbee.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The museum was heavily damaged following a bombing that occurred on May 14, 1943.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Unfortunately, it was later revealed that Ibushi had suffered a broken femur, something that could take a significant amount of time to return from.—
Jeremy Hanna,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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Coristine recently recounted the incident that left him with a broken nose and a concussion.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Defective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defective. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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