defectively

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Recent Examples of defectively In the suit, the plaintiffs claimed HHI defectively designed and manufactured the switchboard in such a manner that wiring connections were not secure, could not be verified as secure, and could lose connection during normal operation. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 6 Aug. 2025
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Adverb
  • Godwin is a prime representative of how, for many 2026 Stagecoach performers, success represents an imperfectly perfect full-circle moment.
    Marcus K. Dowling, Nashville Tennessean, 25 Sep. 2025
  • And the work is less about choosing between roles and more about designing a life where both can coexist, however imperfectly.
    Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Social media companies, from Meta to X, have largely abandoned any attempt at moderating content on their platforms, having previously (albeit inadequately) attempted some form of fact-checking and take-downs of incendiary material and flagrant disinformation.
    Time, Time, 20 Sep. 2025
  • For most of the nearly 20% of kindergartners who haven’t had their full schedule of shots, their families have never requested an exemption; the children are simply inadequately immunized.
    Jason Kane, NBC news, 15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • That anomaly yields a joke or two about Grofield using his acting skills to get into character on the job, but it’s insufficiently developed to add much.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Concerns that safe storage renders guns insufficiently accessible during emergencies is valid, experts told CNN in a 2021 report.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
Adverb
  • Hamlin wanted that race win badly, but securing the runner-up position meant he is placed fourth in the standings.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Spurs did not just play badly against Glimt; they were battered.
    Jay Harris, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Defectively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defectively. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.

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