defective

Plural: defectives

Adjective Satellite

• having a defect
  • "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
• markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
  • "defective speech"
• not working properly
  • "a defective appliance"

Adj

• Having one or more defects.
• Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
• Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
• Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
• Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.

Adv

• Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

Noun

• A person or thing considered to be defective.
• A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).

Synonyms

bad, faulty

Antonyms

complete, perfect, plene, undefective

Related Words

defect, defection, defector, deficiency, deficient, deficit

Anagrams of defective