defective

Betekenis (Engels)

Adj

1. Having one or more defects.
2. Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
3. (Arabic) Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
4. Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
5. Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.

Adv

Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

Noun

1. A person or thing considered to be defective.
2. A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).

Sinonieme

faulty

imperfect

deficient

bad

👎

broken

flawed

incomplete

inferior

mistaken

damaged

poor

inadequate

wanting

out of order

lacking

deformed

handicapped

corrupt

misguided

invalid

incorrect

elliptical

old

🧓

erroneous

fallacious

false

be like

rotten

unsound

inaccurate

scanty

wrong

seem

mentally handicapped

misconceived

missing

mutilated

notched

objectionable

off

offensive

porous

probable

regrettable

rejected

retarded

rogue

scant

scarce

short

shy

simple

sinful

skimpy

sparse

spoiled

spoilt

thin

too bad

torn

tough

trick

unblessed

under

unenlightening

unfortunate

ungrammatical

unhappy

☹️

unilluminating

unjustifiable

unprepossessing

unpresentable

unsavory

unsavoury

unskilful

unwise

weak

in two

off colour

be told

be said or done like this

ill-formed

be likely

fixed stance

unretentive

waste

be said

non-acceptable

having gaps

abortive

unable to reproduce

amiss

at fault

be

be named

blemished

bum

bungling

chipped

concurrently

corrupted

deplorable

destitute

elliptic

feeble-minded

few

🤏

gap

halting

hurt

ill

🤢

illogical

indefensible

in half

injured

in short supply

insufficient

insupportable

irrational

lame

maimed

meagre

meanwhile

mentally deficient

Vertalings

défectueux

défectif

difettoso

fehlerhaft

defectuoso

guasto

defekt

mangelhaft

defectivo

kusurlu

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dɪˈfɛktɪv/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: defectif

In summary

From Middle English defectif, defective, from Old French defectif, from Late Latin dēfectīvus.