defective
Meaning of defective
noun
A person or thing considered to be defective.
adjective- Having one or more defects.
- (grammar, of a lexeme, especially a verb) Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
- (Arabic grammar, of a verb) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
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Hyphenation of defective
de-fec-tive
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- defective is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
defective synonyms
Meaning faulty:
Meaning bad:
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Translation of defective
- German: defekt, kaputt, fehlerhaft, kapputt
- Italian: sbagliato, errato, erroneo
- French: erroné
- Spanish: erróneo, errónea
Words that rhyme with defective
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