as in scar
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the statue has a slight defect on the base, so it's being sold at a discount
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Recent Examples of defect
Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Monitor your release cycle compression from weeks to days, track the declining cost of defect remediation and measure your feature delivery velocity against competitors.
—Asad Khan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Recent precedents from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (which Hawaii is part of) establish that technology companies can be held liable for design defects that create foreseeable risks of harm.
—Tamlyn Hunt, Scientific American, 22 July 2025
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Noun
Mindful of white working-class voters who had defected to the Republicans in large numbers, Zogby had spoken up.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Monitor your release cycle compression from weeks to days, track the declining cost of defect remediation and measure your feature delivery velocity against competitors.
—Asad Khan, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
Verb
The most recent development, from May: An appellate court ordered a redo of the environmental impact report, citing two defects that needed to be remedied.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2025
Recent precedents from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (which Hawaii is part of) establish that technology companies can be held liable for design defects that create foreseeable risks of harm.
—Tamlyn Hunt, Scientific American, 22 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defect
Noun
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Steer hides are like any other hides, including yours, and they’re sometimes covered with the scratches and scars of a life lived.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 July 2025
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If untreated, these patches can lead to scars and permanent hair loss.—
Sarah Jividen,
Verywell Health,
29 July 2025
Verb
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His family escaped the Holocaust by emigrating to Italy.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
31 July 2025
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After emigrating to the United States at age 12 from Haiti, Fortune grew up in the Nassau County town of Westbury on Long Island.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
30 July 2025
Noun
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The baby was purple-gray-colored, in blotches; wet, smeared in blood and what looked like whitish wax.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
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My desert rose is showing gray blotches on the stems.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 July 2025
Verb
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Calling Paris romantic is an understatement—the city has inspired poets and artists, who still pilgrimage here today in search of inspiration that can be found in nearly every turn, in every arrondissement.—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
26 July 2025
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Reynolds is hoping the selection of Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost as the first American pope — Pope Leo XIV — might boost the city as a travel and pilgrimage destination.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The mayor was not immediately available to elaborate on whose fault that was.—
Scott Wartman,
The Enquirer,
30 July 2025
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This applies even if the overpayment wasn’t your fault.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Tristan told stories about the sea, voyages around the Cape of Good Hope, where the waves were high as houses.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 June 2025
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The Titan submersible was voyaging to the ruins of the Titanic in June 2023.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
22 May 2025
Noun
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Doing so may also reduce the risk of foot deformities and walking disabilities.11 Meanwhile, having foot problems can significantly affect your quality of life, particularly for women.12 Diseases can also affect shoe size and foot health.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
29 July 2025
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If your injury causes a deformity in your thigh muscle or prevents you from being able to put weight on your leg, seek immediate medical attention.—
Aubrey Bailey,
Verywell Health,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Visitors had to trek into a ravine, navigate the overgrown forest and locate the ruins.—
Aspen Pflughoeft
July 10,
Miami Herald,
10 July 2025
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Archaeologist and travel company founder Peter Sommer—who has trekked 2,000 miles across Turkey retracing Alexander the Great’s route—shares five sites that offer tourists millennia-old history, unblemished landscapes, and intrepid hikes - all without the crowds.—
Rebecca Ann Hughes,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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“Defect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defect. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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