- defective de·fec·tive adj
- [dɪ'fɛktɪv]
(machine, workmanship, eyesight) difettoso (-a), (system, reasoning) cattivo (-a), Gram difettivo (-a)
to be defective in sth — mancare di qc
English-Italian dictionary. 2013.
defective de·fec·tive adj
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de|fec´tive|ness — de|fec|tive «dih FEHK tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having a flaw or blemish; not complete; not perfect; faulty: »A watch with defective parts will not keep time. ... leaning his head sideways as though he was trying to hear something through… … Useful english dictionary
de|fec´tive|ly — de|fec|tive «dih FEHK tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having a flaw or blemish; not complete; not perfect; faulty: »A watch with defective parts will not keep time. ... leaning his head sideways as though he was trying to hear something through… … Useful english dictionary
de|fec|tive — «dih FEHK tihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having a flaw or blemish; not complete; not perfect; faulty: »A watch with defective parts will not keep time. ... leaning his head sideways as though he was trying to hear something through a defective… … Useful english dictionary
defective — Denoting or exhibiting a defect; imperfect; a failure of quality. * * * de·fec·tive di fek tiv adj falling below the norm in structure or in mental or physical function <defective eyesight> de·fec·tive·ness nəs n defective n one that is… … Medical dictionary
defective — de•fec•tive [[t]dɪˈfɛk tɪv[/t]] adj. 1) faulty 2) psl subnormal in intelligence or behavior 3) gram. lacking one or more of the inflected forms common to most words of the same class in a language, as must, which occurs only in the present tense… … From formal English to slang
defective — de|fec|tive [dıˈfektıv] adj not made properly, or not working properly = ↑faulty ▪ The disease is caused by a defective gene. ▪ defective products … Dictionary of contemporary English
defect — de·fect / dē ˌfekt, di fekt/ n: something or a lack of something that results in incompleteness, inadequacy, or imperfection: as a: a flaw in something (as a product) esp. that creates an unreasonable risk of harm in its normal use see also… … Law dictionary
