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.
Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb.
Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
One who is lacking physically or mentally.
Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; - opposed to superfluity.
Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
To fail; to become deficient.
to abandon one country or faction, and join another.
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.
Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb.
Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
One who is lacking physically or mentally.
Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; - opposed to superfluity.
Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.
To fail; to become deficient.
to abandon one country or faction, and join another.