Synonyms for defect
ˈdi fɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt; dɪˈfɛktde·fect

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1. defect

   Whatever mars the beauty or completeness of an object is a blemish, whether original, as squinting eyes, or the result of accident or disease, etc., as the pits of smallpox. A blemish is superficial; a flaw or taint is in structure or substance. In the moral sense, we speak of a blot or stain upon reputation; a flaw or taint in character. A defect is the want or lack of something; fault, primarily a failing, is something that fails of an apparent intent or disappoints a natural expectation; thus a sudden dislocation or displacement of geological strata is called a fault. Figuratively, a blemish comes from one's own ill-doing; a brand or stigma is inflicted by others; as, the brand of infamy.

   Synonyms:
   blemish, blot, blur, brand, crack, daub, defacement, deformity, dent, disfigurement, disgrace, dishonor, fault, flaw, imperfection, injury, reproach, smirch, soil, speck, spot, stain, stigma, taint, tarnish

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1. defect

   Synonyms:
   shortcoming, omission, fault, imperfection, flaw, blemish, want

   Antonyms:
   supply, sufficiency, emendation, compensation, virtue, ornament, complement

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1. defectnoun

   an imperfection in a bodily system

   "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"

   Synonyms:
   shortcoming, mar, fault, blemish, flaw

2. defect, shortcomingnoun

   a failing or deficiency

   "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

   Synonyms:
   shortcoming, mar, fault, blemish, flaw

3. defect, fault, flawnoun

   an imperfection in an object or machine

   "a flaw caused the crystal to shatter"; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

   Synonyms:
   blemish, mar, shift, faulting, mistake, fault, demerit, shortcoming, break, flaw, fracture, geological fault, error

4. blemish, defect, marverb

   a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

   "a facial blemish"

   Synonyms:
   blemish, mar, flaw, fault, shortcoming

5. defect, desertverb

   desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

   "If soldiers deserted Hitler's army, they were shot"

   Synonyms:
   desert, forsake, desolate, abandon

Matched Categories

1. • Disadvantage
   • Flee
   • Imperfection

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1. gremlin

   a gremlin is an aircraft term for some mysterious kink in the proper workings of onboard systems, a systems "manufacturer's defect" or danger point

   the ailerons deployed opposite one another causing a near fatal spin

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

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1. defectnoun

   Synonyms:
   deficiency

2. defectnoun

   Synonyms:
   imperfection, blemish, flaw

3. defectnoun

   Synonyms:
   fault, failing, foible

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1. defectnoun

   Synonyms:
   blemish, flaw, imperfection, foible, failing, shortcoming, infirmity

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1. List of paraphrases for "defect":

   default, irregularity, flaw, anomaly, defects, failure, shortcoming, vice, deficiency, abnormality, fault, absence, necrosis, malformation, lack, malfunction, impropriety

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1. Constantine Tarawneh:

   If you put an accelerometer on a bearing and you’re monitoring the vibration levels, the minute a defect happens in the bearing, the accelerometer will sense an increase in vibration, and that could be, in many cases, up to 100,000 miles before the bearing actually fails.

2. Mark Rosekind:

   I got a couple years, max, the defect recall system - we just got to address that.

3. Eddie Ray Routh:

   It is my opinion that he was suffering from a severe mental disease or defect that caused him not to know his conduct was wrong.

4. John Large:

   These reactors are over 40 years old. This is a generic defect which cannot be fixed so it would not surprise me if the older plants would all need to close within the next few years.

5. Jennifer Dukarski:

   But as the number of incidents build, you'll find someone who will entertain a class action [lawsuit] dealing with a product defect.