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defective
(encz) | defective,vadný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Defective
(gcide) | Defective \De*fect"ive\, n.
1. Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. (Med.) One who is lacking physically or mentally.
Note: Under the term defectives are included deaf-mutes, the
blind, the feeble-minded, the insane, and sometimes,
esp. in criminology, criminals and paupers.
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Defective
(gcide) | Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d['e]fectif.
See Defect.]
1. 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.
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2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or
conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. --
De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n.
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defective
(wn) | defective
adj 1: having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was
defective" [syn: defective, faulty]
2: markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence
or behavior; "defective speech"
3: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a
defective appliance" [syn: bad, defective] |
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defective
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defective pleading
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defectively
(encz) | defectively,vadně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
defectiveness
(encz) | defectiveness,defektnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
mental defectiveness
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defective number
(gcide) | Imperfect \Im*per"fect\, a. [L. imperfectus: pref. im- not +
perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See
Perfect.]
1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a
part; deective; deficient.
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Something he left imperfect in the state. --Shak.
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Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. --Shak.
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2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to
successful or normal activity.
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He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed,
imperfect person. --Jer. Taylor.
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3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not
conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste
or conscience; esthetically or morally defective.
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Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. --Milton.
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Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. --Pope.
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Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew
arch.
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic,
but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving
complete rest; a half close.
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and
sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the
fifth and forth.
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or
pistils. --Gray.
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than
perfect; as, an imperfect fifth.
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less
than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case,
it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an
abundant number.
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or
gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law.
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced
by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a
factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus,
9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube.
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and
incomplete action.
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Defectively
(gcide) | Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d['e]fectif.
See Defect.]
1. 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.
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2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or
conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. --
De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n.
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Defectiveness
(gcide) | Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d['e]fectif.
See Defect.]
1. 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.
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2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or
conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. --
De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n.
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Indefective
(gcide) | Indefective \In`de*fect"ive\, a.
Not defective; perfect; complete. "Absolute, indefective
obedience." --South.
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defective
(wn) | defective
adj 1: having a defect; "I returned the appliance because it was
defective" [syn: defective, faulty]
2: markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence
or behavior; "defective speech"
3: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a
defective appliance" [syn: bad, defective] |
defective pleading
(wn) | defective pleading
n 1: any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to
minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency |
defectively
(wn) | defectively
adv 1: in a defective manner; "this machine functions only
defectively" |
defectiveness
(wn) | defectiveness
n 1: the state of being defective [syn: defectiveness,
faultiness] |
mental defectiveness
(wn) | mental defectiveness
n 1: retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of
intelligence [syn: abnormality, mental defectiveness] |
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