Defective

Synonyms for "defective" (271 found)

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Closest matches (55)

Adjective(9 words)

faulty bad buggiest crappiest crappy cruddier crummy damageddamaged return

aberrant abroad adrift adulteratedall abroadall offall wrongamateurish ament amiss amputee arrested askew astrayat faultawry backwardbeside the markblemishedborn fool

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broken callow checked cicatrized clotcongenital idiotcorrupt corrupted cracked crazed cretin cripple damaged debased deceptive defaced deficient

Verb(4 words)

broke bugged chipped corked

Noun(5 words)

buggy bum bura cleftdamaged condition

Strong matches (81)

Adjective(18 words)

deficient dickydysfunctional communitydysfunctional operationdysfunctional processdysfunctional vibefaultiestfaulty componentfaulty logicfaulty wordingflawedflawed justificationgammygenetic dysfunctionill imperfectincomplete conditioninoperative

deformed deformity delusive deranged deviant deviational deviative disfigured disordered distorted disturbed embryonic errant erring erroneous exceptional failing fallacious fallible false

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faultful faulty flawedfound wantinggolemhalf assedhalf-assed half-wit handicappedhandicapped personheretical heterodox hurt hypoplastic idiot illogical illusory imbecile immature impaired imperfect imprecise impurein arrearin arrearsin defaultin short supplyinaccurate inadequate incapable incompetent incomplete inexact infant inferior injured

Noun(4 words)

duffelectrical malfunctionfaultier flawing

Verb(3 words)

failed faulted glitched

Related words (135)

insufficient juggins keloidal kinked lacking makeshift marred mediocrementally deficientmissing mixedmongoloid idiotmoron naturalnatural idiotnatural-born foolneedingnot enoughnot perfectnot right

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not trueoffoff the trackon the blinkon the fritzoutout of orderparalytic paraplegic part partial patchy peccant perverse perverted pimpled pimply poor quadriplegic retarded scabbed scabby scant scanty scarified scarred scrappy second self-contradictory short shy sick simp simple simpleton sketchy split straying subnormalthe crippledthe handicappedtoo littletrick twisted underdeveloped undevelopedunequal touneven unfactual unfinished unhealthy unorthodox unperfected unproved unqualified unsatisfactory unsatisfying unsettled unsound unsufficing unthorough untrue vitiated wanting warped wide worthless wrong

Adjective(35 words)

invalid agreementjunkier kaputlegal defectlogical errorlousiest lousylow qualitymalformed malfunctioning nonfunctionalnonfunctional systemnonoperational statusnonworking systempatheticpoor conditionrotten screwy shoddier shoddiest

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shoddyshoddy goodssubstandard materialunenforceable agreementungrammatical systemunsafe housingunsound claimunsoundest unsuitable unusableunusable materialunusable materialswartiest wonky worse

Noun(5 words)

laming lemmonmanufacturing defectmisfiringprinting misorder

Verb(6 words)

littered malfunctioned miscued mucked riddled scuffed

Adverb(1 words)

poorly

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

fault imperfectionquality issue

More specific

6 entries

data defectdefective batterydefective partdefective sealmeasurement defectprinting defect

Collocations

5 entries

defective batterydefective partdefective productdefective sealdefective wiring

Inflections

2 entries

more defectivemost defective

Derivations

3 entries

defect defectively defectiveness

similar

5 entries

abnormal imperfect malfunctioning nonfunctional unnatural

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

They replaced the defective TV with a new one.

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Some diseases are caused by a defective gene.

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My printer's black ink is defective; it bleeds across the page if I touch it with my finger.

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The drawing is defective.

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