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Meanings of defect in English
Synonyms
Examples for "fault"
Examples for "fault"
1
Policing by its nature takes place on the fault lines of society.
2
Wasting this crisis deal opportunity, though, would amount to a double fault.
3
Conflicts between younger and older workers often represent the major fault line.
4
Not all of the problems, however, were the fault of the patients.
5
First, know that it's not entirely your fault; evolution is partly responsible.
1
Not 'therefore.' I found a flaw but it was an honest one.
2
The report said the new system was designed with another basic flaw.
3
Depression, in particular, is often considered a personal weakness or character flaw.
4
There was one serious flaw in this, 'however, and I knew it.
5
But a major flaw limits the film's appeal and box office potential.
1
Don't think that it happens by chance or that it's a shortcoming.
2
Only sheep in the Republic go unidentified; a shortcoming exposed by foot-and-mouth.
3
Sometimes this is the result of art, sometimes of a natural shortcoming.
4
Yet this is a race where the slightest shortcoming can be multiplied.
5
Squire Bartley had a growing sense of shortcoming in his farming operations.
Russian
дефект Spanish
deficiencia angular Failure of some angles to add up to the expected amount of 360° or 180°, when such angles in the plane would.
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Usage of defect in English
1
Tests this week confirmed Cassano had a heart defect that needed treatment.
2
That is the defect in the Yankee women; they have no character.
3
The law is aimed at helping regulators spot safety defect trends earlier.
4
It may be a defect in my character; but so it is.
5
Of course, you know that if you defect, there's no going back.
6
She shrank in such simple pain from the fact of her defect.
7
The program has so far identified 19 deaths linked to the defect.
8
This radical defect was felt in all the operations of the army.
9
The radical defect of the whole scheme lies in its Psychological basis.
10
GM has so far acknowledged 13 fatalities in connection with the defect.
11
This mutation causes both the protein trafficking defect and an early degradation.
12
However, the influence of defect size on late morbidity is still controversial.
13
Reconstruction of the defect is a challenge due to the large defect.
14
No accidents have been reported from the defect, a Honda spokeswoman said.
15
No accident was reported from the defect, Nissan spokesman Toshitake Inoshita said.
16
June 28: First baby with Zika-related birth defect microcephaly born in Florida.
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Defect across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common