They replaced the defective TV with a new one.
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Defective
Synonyms for "defective" (197 found)
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Strong matches (59)
deficientdeformeddeformitydelusivederangeddeviantdeviationaldeviativedisfigureddisordereddistorteddisturbedembryonicerranterringerroneousexceptionalfailingfallaciousfallible
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falsefaultfulflawedfound wantinggolemhalf assedhalf-assedhalf-withandicappedhandicapped personhereticalheterodoxhurthypoplasticidiotillogicalillusoryimbecileimmatureimpairedimpreciseimpurein arrearin arrearsin defaultin short supplyinaccurateinadequateincapableincompetentincompleteinexactinfantinferior
Adjective(4 words)
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injuredinsufficientjugginskeloidalkinkedlackingmakeshiftmalfunctioningmarredmediocrementally deficientmissingmixedmongoloid idiotmoronnaturalnatural idiotnatural-born foolneedingnot enough
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not perfectnot rightnot trueoffoff the trackon the blinkon the fritzoutout of orderparalyticparaplegicpartpartialpatchypeccantperversepervertedpimpledpimplypoorquadriplegicretardedscabbedscabbyscantscantyscarifiedscarredscrappysecondself-contradictoryshortshysicksimpsimplesimpletonsketchysplitstrayingsubnormalthe crippledthe handicappedtoo littletricktwistedunderdevelopedundevelopedunequal tounevenunfactualunfinishedunhealthyunorthodoxunperfectedunprovedunqualifiedunsatisfactoryunsatisfyingunsettledunsoundunsufficingunthoroughuntruevitiatedwantingwarpedwideworthlesswrong
Adjective(8 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
8 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- معيب adj (having one or more defects)
- نَاقِص adj (having a weak final consonant)
Breton
1 entries- diglok adj (having only some forms)
Bulgarian
2 entries- неизправен adj (having one or more defects)
- повреден adj (having one or more defects)
Catalan
3 entries- defectiu adj (having one or more defects)
- defectiu adj (having only some forms)
- defectuós adj (having one or more defects)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- عەیبدار adj (having one or more defects)
Czech
1 entries- vadný adj (having one or more defects)
Danish
3 entries- defekt adj (having one or more defects)
- fejlbehæftet adj (having one or more defects)
- ufuldstændig adj (having only some forms)
Dutch
4 entries- defectief adj (having one or more defects)
- defectief adj (having only some forms)
- gebrekkig adj (having one or more defects)
- onvolkomen adj (having one or more defects)
Finnish
4 entries- puutteellinen adj (having one or more defects)
- rikkinäinen adj (having one or more defects)
- vajaa adj (having one or more defects)
- vajavainen adj (having one or more defects)
French
2 entries- défectif adj (having only some forms)
- défectueux adj (having one or more defects)
Galician
2 entries- defectivo adj (having only some forms)
- defectuoso adj (having one or more defects)
German
4 entries- defekt adj (having one or more defects)
- fehlerhaft adj (having one or more defects)
- mangelhaft adj (having only some forms)
- unvollständig adj (having only some forms)
Greek
2 entries- ελαττωματικός adj (having one or more defects)
- ελλειπτικός adj (having only some forms)
Hebrew
3 entries- חָסֵר adj (having only some forms)
- חָסֵר adj (spelled without matres lectionis)
- פגום adj (having one or more defects)
Hungarian
4 entries- hibás adj (having one or more defects)
- hiányos adj (having one or more defects)
- hiányos adj (having only some forms)
- hiányos ragozású adj (having only some forms)
Irish
2 entries- easpach adj (having one or more defects)
- uireasach adj (having only some forms)
Italian
2 entries- difettivo adj (having only some forms)
- difettoso adj (having one or more defects)
Latin
3 entries- dēfectīvus adj (having one or more defects)
- mendōsus adj (having one or more defects)
- vitiōsus adj (having one or more defects)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- اكسیك adj (having one or more defects)
- چوروك adj (having one or more defects)
Polish
3 entries- felerny adj (having one or more defects)
- ułomny adj (having only some forms)
- wadliwy adj (having one or more defects)
Portuguese
2 entries- defectivo adj (having only some forms)
- defeituoso adj (having one or more defects)
Romanian
3 entries- defect adj (having one or more defects)
- defectiv adj (having only some forms)
- defectuos adj (having one or more defects)
Russian
4 entries- дефе́ктный adj (having one or more defects)
- дефекти́вный adj (having only some forms)
- неиспра́вный adj (having one or more defects)
- повреждённый adj (having one or more defects)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- uireasbhach adj (having only some forms)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐྱོན་ཅན adj (having one or more defects)
Spanish
2 entries- defectivo adj (having only some forms)
- defectuoso adj (having one or more defects)
Swedish
3 entries- defekt adj (having one or more defects)
- defektiv adj (having only some forms)
- ofullständig adj (having only some forms)
Tagalog
2 entries- depektibo adj (having one or more defects)
- depektuwoso adj (having one or more defects)
Turkish
4 entries- eksik adj (having one or more defects)
- hatalı adj (having one or more defects)
- kusurlu adj (having one or more defects)
- çürük adj (having one or more defects)
Welsh
1 entries- ddiffygiol adj (having only some forms)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.
Source: tatoeba (681062)
My printer's black ink is defective; it bleeds across the page if I touch it with my finger.
Source: tatoeba (779123)
The drawing is defective.
Source: tatoeba (1395958)
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