Defective is an English word with synonyms like faulty or imperfect. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Defective meaning
- Having one or more defects.
- Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
- Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
Synonyms of Defective
Using Defective
- The main meaning on this page is: Having one or more defects. | Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person. | Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
- Useful related words include: faulty, imperfect, abnormal, bad.
- In the example corpus, defective often appears in combinations such as: the defective, of defective, is defective.
Context around Defective
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Defective
- In this selection, "defective" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, painted, non, product, stuff, non and block stand out and add context to how "defective" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include abnormal or defective and and a defective rearview camera. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "defective" sits close to words such as aggies, aidan and arrogance, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with defective
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Investigation Underway in Odessa Over $5.5Mln Spending on Defective Bomb Shelters –. (12 words)
First, you might have a defective AirPod or it may be clogged with earwax. (14 words)
In most cases, this can be attributed to -related problems rather than a defective battery. (15 words)
Federal investigators cited a Nevada gold mine for safety violations in the death of an underground worker, including inadequate inspections and a defective rearview camera on the truck she backed into a deep hole before crashing to the mine floor. (40 words)
Court heard the MDC president had laid charges to retaliate humiliation by CCC activists who chanted political songs outside the courthouse on November 11, 2022 after his application for a spoilation order against CCC was ruled defective. (37 words)
In Shanz’s motion to suppress, he says that no camera was positioned to capture the actual shooting on February 28, 2021 and the files are incomplete and defective due to time lapses. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
So someone went into that pile of red-painted, defective stuff, grabbed something out, tried to disguise it as non-defective, non-red, and had it installed in the plane.
Under strict liability, the manufacturer is liable if the product is defective, even if the manufacturer was not negligent in making that product defective.
Add to that the shortfalls in the defective block scheme, the housing crisis and the cost-of-living crisis and we have a perfect storm.
And if that wasn't bad enough, here's a recent Georgetown Law graduate describing his treatment and persecution for questioning a regulation that has since been shown to be defective.
At least two people have been killed in the US and Canada, and seven others have been hurt as a result of defective ARC inflators, the agency said.
A Traffic Information Bulletin reads: "Due to a defective manhole, the nearside lane of the A814 Clydeside Expressway eastbound is closed just prior to the Partick / Glasgow Harbour off slip.
At that time, The Wilderness Society already had two lawsuits challenging federal agencies, alleging violations of multiple environmental laws and contending the pipeline project’s permits were defective.
Between 1,600 and 2,000 spectators watched on as the incident unfolded due to a defective firework at Ringwood Raceway in St Leonards.
Communications, even for brigade commanders with several BTGs to deal with, was unreliable inside Ukraine because of defective radios.
Court heard the MDC president had laid charges to retaliate humiliation by CCC activists who chanted political songs outside the courthouse on November 11, 2022 after his application for a spoilation order against CCC was ruled defective.
Defective cylinders were to be returned by December 31, 2023, with communication to the district food office if issues arose.
Federal investigators cited a Nevada gold mine for safety violations in the death of an underground worker, including inadequate inspections and a defective rearview camera on the truck she backed into a deep hole before crashing to the mine floor.
First, you might have a defective AirPod or it may be clogged with earwax.
Google Pixel 7 users had earlier complained of problems with the devices and the material being defective.
He says giving people a label can actually be an insult and make some people think they are abnormal or defective.
In most cases, this can be attributed to -related problems rather than a defective battery.
In Shanz’s motion to suppress, he says that no camera was positioned to capture the actual shooting on February 28, 2021 and the files are incomplete and defective due to time lapses.
Investigation Underway in Odessa Over $5.5Mln Spending on Defective Bomb Shelters –.
I think we put ours through many cycles of charges to weed out the defective batteries, but it was still a risk a bank would fail.
Note that the program doesn’t affect any other models, and only lasts for two years after the retail sale of defective Pros.
Common combinations with defective
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the defective 21×
- of defective 17×
- is defective 13×
- was defective 11×
- or defective 10×
- defective and 10×
- and defective 6×
- defective block 4×
- defective products 4×
- with defective 4×