defective
adjective
Sometimes defected having a defect or flaw; faulty; imperfect.
defectiveness
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a word derived from
defective.
Example Sentences
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When I look at photographs of my 22-year-old self, so convinced of her own defectiveness, I see a perfectly normal girl and I think about aliens.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2016
The standard reactions to her artistic defectiveness were masochistic joy and a perverse desire to share the spectacularly failed artwork with others.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2013
They are only alluded to here to indicate that there are degrees in the defectiveness of eyes to colour.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by W. de W. Abney
The queen, giving great allowance for my defectiveness in speaking, was, however, surprised at so much wit and good sense in so diminutive an animal.
From Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World by Thomas M. Balliet
Careful consideration, however, will show that the responsibility of a school for what is called moral insufficiency, but is in reality educational defectiveness, cannot be removed by this kind of considerations.
From The Reform of Education by Giovanni Gentile
