adj
Meaning 1
Having one or more defects.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: faulty
Antonyms: complete, perfect, undefective
Standard Lemma guide
defective
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈfɛktɪv/
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rhymes with -ɛktɪv
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adj
Meaning 2
Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: especially a verb
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Arabic
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing
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Synonyms: none provided
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adj
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: plene
adv
Meaning 6
Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: plene
noun
Meaning 7
A person or thing considered to be defective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: plene
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
not working properly
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bad telephone connection
- a defective appliance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bad
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- defective speech
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 11
having a defect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I returned the appliance because it was defective
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: faulty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English defectif, defective, from Old French defectif, from Late Latin dēfectīvus.
Across languages
Translations
75 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: معيب (maʕīb) — having one or more defects
- Bulgarian: повреден (povreden) — having one or more defects
- Bulgarian: неизправен (neizpraven) — having one or more defects
- Catalan: defectiu — having one or more defects
- Catalan: defectuós — having one or more defects
- Czech: vadný — having one or more defects
- Danish: fejlbehæftet — having one or more defects
- Danish: defekt — having one or more defects
- Dutch: gebrekkig — having one or more defects
- Dutch: onvolkomen — having one or more defects
- Dutch: onvolmaakt — having one or more defects
- Dutch: defectief — having one or more defects
- Finnish: puutteellinen — having one or more defects
- Finnish: vajaa — having one or more defects
- Finnish: vajavainen — having one or more defects
- Finnish: viallinen — having one or more defects
- Finnish: rikkinäinen — having one or more defects
- French: défectueux — having one or more defects
- Galician: defectuoso — having one or more defects
- German: fehlerhaft — having one or more defects
- German: defekt — having one or more defects
- Greek: ελαττωματικός (elattomatikós) — having one or more defects
- Hebrew: פגום (pagum) — having one or more defects
- Hungarian: hibás — having one or more defects
- Hungarian: hiányos — having one or more defects
- Irish: easpach — having one or more defects
- Italian: difettoso — having one or more defects
- Central Kurdish: عەیبدار ('eybdar) — having one or more defects
- Latin: vitiōsus — having one or more defects
- Latin: mendōsus — having one or more defects
- Latin: dēfectīvus — having one or more defects
- Polish: wadliwy — having one or more defects
- Polish: felerny — having one or more defects
- Portuguese: defeituoso — having one or more defects
- Romanian: defect — having one or more defects
- Romanian: defectuos — having one or more defects
- Russian: дефе́ктный (deféktnyj) — having one or more defects
- Russian: повреждённый (povreždjónnyj) — having one or more defects
- Russian: неиспра́вный (neisprávnyj) — having one or more defects
- Sikkimese: སྐྱོན་ཅན (skyon can) — having one or more defects
- Spanish: defectuoso — having one or more defects
- Swedish: defekt — having one or more defects
- Tagalog: depektibo — having one or more defects
- Tagalog: depektuwoso — having one or more defects
- Turkish: hatalı — having one or more defects
- Turkish: kusurlu — having one or more defects
- Turkish: çürük — having one or more defects
- Turkish: eksik — having one or more defects
- Ottoman Turkish: اكسیك (eksik) — having one or more defects
- Ottoman Turkish: چوروك (çürük) — having one or more defects
- Breton: diglok — having only some forms
- Catalan: defectiu — having only some forms
- Danish: ufuldstændig — having only some forms
- Dutch: defectief — having only some forms
- French: défectif — having only some forms
- Galician: defectivo — having only some forms
- German: mangelhaft — having only some forms
- German: unvollständig — having only some forms
- Greek: ελλειπτικός (elleiptikós) — having only some forms
- Hebrew: חָסֵר (khasér) — having only some forms
- Hungarian: hiányos ragozású — having only some forms
- Hungarian: hiányos — having only some forms
- Irish: uireasach — having only some forms
- Italian: difettivo — having only some forms
- Polish: ułomny — having only some forms
- Portuguese: defectivo — having only some forms
- Romanian: defectiv — having only some forms
- Russian: дефекти́вный (defektívnyj) — having only some forms
- Scottish Gaelic: uireasbhach — having only some forms
- Spanish: defectivo — having only some forms
- Swedish: defektiv — having only some forms
- Swedish: ofullständig — having only some forms
- Welsh: ddiffygiol — having only some forms
- Arabic: نَاقِص (nāqiṣ) — having a weak final consonant
- Hebrew: חָסֵר (khasér) — spelled without matres lectionis
Real reading context