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noun
The state or quality of being defective.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the state of being defective
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: faultiness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: imperfection, imperfectness
Narrower terms: bugginess, lameness, sickness
History
Etymology tree English defective Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English defectiveness From defective + -ness.
Across languages
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
