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Meanings of defective in English
Synonyms
Examples for "broken"
Examples for "broken"
1
Their message is loud and clear: fix the broken food aid system.
2
However, without a clear structure or focus such resolutions are easily broken.
3
Last year, I made fixing our broken housing market my personal mission.
4
However a number of windows had been broken in the unoccupied house.
5
She'd probably readily agree; the past days had broken down her defenses.
1
The U.S. military deeply regrets this case of mistaken fire, said Matthews.
2
Still, let me say it: Trump is mistaken about the stock market.
3
He was mistaken, of course, although he knew it only years later.
4
These matters of mistaken identity happen all the time, especially among Jews.
5
Seeking calmness within, Chani simply said to the doctors, You are mistaken.
1
It's often very difficult to alter that faulty type of thought process.
2
The flight was not perfect -a faulty backup system caused problems.
3
McAfee confirmed it had pushed the faulty update to users earlier today.
4
Then I risk proceeding on faulty information, thereby compromising some secret operation.
5
Now, however, it appears that poorly monitored faulty equipment was to blame.
1
Hobarth declined to address whether the dispatch issue involved erroneous flight plans.
2
Critics however say filters are costly and could lead to erroneous blocking.
3
I accidentally posted erroneous information about a major news event on Twitter.
4
Previous large scale studies of erroneous results have avoided singling out authors.
5
Nothing could be more erroneous; in fact, it is just the reverse.
1
Some of the sharpest men in argument are notoriously unsound in judgment.
2
It was late in the winter, and the ice had become unsound.
3
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association called the bill unsound and counterproductive.
4
These men seem to be a little unsound in the upper regions.
5
You feel that his objection is unsound; that he is exaggerating caution.
Usage of defective in English
1
Any bill which doesn't deal clearly with this issue will be defective.
2
Background: Contemporary theories and evidence implicate defective emotion regulation in violent behaviour.
3
Measurements and main results: IDO was defective in murine and human CF.
4
This led to R800 billion worth of defective banknotes going into circulation.
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It was picketed by 30 doctors protesting defective current auto safety design.
6
Correspondingly, CHD4 suppression results in defective DNA damage response in GBM cells.
7
Often the partner feels defective, but it is really not her fault.
8
Several of the pathways identified reflect predictable consequences of defective purine recycling.
9
It was not immediately clear how many of the devices were defective.
10
It is essential to avoid disruption brought about by morally defective people.
11
The companies stand behind the devices and deny that they are defective.
12
Wells also kept its defective loans secret from HUD, the complaint said.
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The captain says that defective compasses were the cause of the disaster.
14
The girl could not be called a defective in any ordinary sense.
15
A great historian combines in the most perfect manner these defective materials.
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It eliminates defective transcripts and controls the abundance of certain normal mRNAs.
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New Zealand
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Ireland
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