DEFECTIVENESS Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

defectiveness

noun

Definition of defectiveness

as in impairment

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Recent Examples of defectiveness This worry about defectiveness can lead to a panicked call for literature’s redemption. — Aaron Matz, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026

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Noun

If an investor attributes $800 billion to $1 trillion of SpaceX’s valuation to those Starship-dependent growth options, a 10–15% impairment produces something approaching $80–150 billion.

— Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
However, the company posted an additional non-cash impairment charge of $16 million.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of impairment

Noun

Both McGraw and Rauscher have had degrees of disability and health problems as a result of that exposure.

— Tom Strong, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026
The rebrand reflects a broader shift in how the disability community wants to be represented, and who gets to make that call.

— Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026

Definition of disability

Noun

Was Trump, reportedly livid over the Air Force One leak, concerned about the risk to security—or about the prospect of personal embarrassment due to the failings of a questionable gift that had cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars to upgrade?

— Ruth Marcus, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
His troubles, his failings are not of his own making but of a world that is out of joint.

— Book Marks, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026

Definition of failing

Noun

Such declines can impact muscle strength, bone density, and libido, potentially causing fatigue and weakness.

— Nina Shapiro, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
At a meeting earlier this month, the RMG Sustainability Council warned that structural weaknesses could put lives and property at risk if the building remained open.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

Definition of weakness

Noun

Back to where the last film left off, for you what are the benefits of that and what are the detriments?

— Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 23 July 2026
But, his comments about diversity problems in Oxford being a detriment to Ole Miss recruiting have not gone silent into the night.

— Trey Wallace OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of detriment

Noun

Again, this gap is not hospitals’ fault but the system that makes hospital stays, surgeries and emergency room visits out of reach for many Americans with limited incomes even with insurance.

— Eric Khant, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
The true sickness is the conditions that so many infants endure through no fault of their own, which lead to these outcomes.

— Ronald J. Allen, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2026

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