Synonyms for defective
- adjective
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Adjective
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having one or more defects.
Artillery officers sometimes have defective hearing.
Related words
- Word family
- defectiveness defect defection defector deficiency deficient deficit
- Phrases
- defective number
Example sentences
- damaged The house with the damaged roof has been repaired.
- inadequate At times like this, words are woefully inadequate.
- faulty Your analysis is predicated on faulty assumptions.
- imperfect As we are all imperfect human beings, so is life as well.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| defective | falling | |
| damaged | steady | |
| inadequate | falling | |
| faulty | steady | |
| imperfect | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- bad1
- 4 letters
- poor1
- 5 letters
- short1, amiss2
- 6 letters
- faulty2
- 7 letters
- wanting2, damaged2, unsound2
- 8 letters
- fallible3
- 9 letters
- imperfect3, deficient3
- 10 letters
- incomplete3, inadequate4, inaccurate4
- 12 letters
- insufficient4, impoverished3
- 14 letters
- unsatisfactory6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amiss2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- défectueux
- Español
- defectuoso
- Català
- defectuós