Dictionary Entry
defective
defective is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.
- 2adjective
Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb.
- 3adjective
not working properly
"a bad telephone connection"
"a defective appliance"
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- 4adjective
markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
"defective speech"
- 5adjective
having a defect
"I returned the appliance because it was defective"
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