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defective

[di′fek·tiv]
(science and technology)
An item or product which has at least one defect.
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As a house, Barton Cottage, though small, was comfortable and compact; but as a cottage it was defective, for the building was regular, the roof was tiled, the window shutters were not painted green, nor were the walls covered with honeysuckles.
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My official work and the children leave me no time; and then I'm not ashamed to own that my education has been too defective.
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Tyranny has perhaps oftener grown out of the assumptions of power, called for, on pressing exigencies, by a defective constitution, than out of the full exercise of the largest constitutional authorities.
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