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Synonyms for defective
dɪˈfɛk tɪvde·fec·tive
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
defective
Synonyms:
bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, deficient, deformed, fallible, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthlessAntonyms:
absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
defective
Synonyms:
faulty, imperfect, insufficient, deficient, wanting, shortAntonyms:
correct, complete, sufficient, full, ample, abundant, satisfactory
Princeton's WordNet
defective, faultyadjective
having a defect
"I returned the appliance because it was defective"
Synonyms:
incorrect, faulty, wrong, badAntonyms:
normal, functioning, perfectdefectiveadjective
markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
"defective speech"
Antonyms:
functioning, normal, perfectbad, defectiveadjective
not working properly
"a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
Synonyms:
spoilt, tough, speculative, unsound, sorry, uncollectible, regretful, bad, forged, unfit, risky, high-risk, faulty, spoiled, bigAntonyms:
perfect, functioning, normal
Dictionary of English Synonymes
defectiveadjective
Synonyms:
deficient, insufficient, inadequate, not full, incompletedefectiveadjective
Synonyms:
imperfect, faulty, not perfect
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "defective":
faulty, flawed, deficient, poor, malfunctioning, inoperative, bad
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#330 | big | |
#746 | short | |
#841 | bad | |
#1673 | wrong | |
#1711 | poor | |
#2263 | sorry | |
#4924 | tough | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#7663 | wanting | |
#8060 | incomplete | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#11273 | defective | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#15510 | forged | |
#15665 | risky | |
#16930 | faulty | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#17335 | flawed | |
#17868 | corrupted | |
#18218 | ruined | |
#20140 | speculative | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#28175 | perverted | |
#29642 | unfit | |
#30944 | deformed | |
#37666 | scant | |
#42006 | marred | |
#42060 | meager | |
#50756 | spoilt | |
#53689 | defaced | |
#53805 | unsound | |
#54372 | malfunctioning | |
#57032 | inoperative | |
#80235 | fallible | |
#93066 | uncollectible | |
#111694 | blemished | |
#134051 | regretful |
How to use defective in a sentence?
The hearing will examine the role of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the Takata defective air bag recall investigation, Takata's remediation efforts, how car manufacturers are addressing defective Takata air bags, and ongoing oversight by the Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General.
Fiat Chrysler's pattern of poor performance put millions of its customers and the driving public at risk, this action will provide relief to owners of defective vehicles, will help improve recall performance throughout the auto industry, and gives Fiat Chrysler the opportunity to embrace a proactive safety culture.
You say monster, I say martyr. You say murder, I say self-defense. You say legal, I say defective law.
Amazon continues to sell defective cloud computing services to businesses, government agencies, and to the general public. As such, Amazon shares some responsibility for the theft of data on 100 million Capital One customers.
A Belgian motorist was complaining that his turn signal had been defective and was going :"once it worked!, once it didn't work!, once it worked!, once it didn't work!, once it...."
Translations for defective
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- неизправен, повреденBulgarian
- diglokBreton
- defectiu, defectuósCatalan, Valencian
- vadnýCzech
- fehlerhaft, defektGerman
- defectivo, defectuosoSpanish
- vajaa, viallinen, vajavainen, puutteellinenFinnish
- défectueux, défectifFrench
- easpach, uireasachIrish
- uireasbhachScottish Gaelic
- פגוםHebrew
- hibásHungarian
- cacatIndonesian
- difettosoItalian
- عهیبدارKurdish
- defectDutch
- ułomnyPolish
- defectivo, defeituosoPortuguese
- defectuos, defectiv, defectRomanian
- дефекти́вный, неиспра́вный, повреждённый, дефе́ктныйRussian
- defektiv, defektSwedish
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