Synonyms for defective
dɪˈfɛk tɪvde·fec·tive

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1. defectiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   faulty

2. defectiveadjective

   Having one or more defects.

   Synonyms:
   faulty

3. defectiveadjective

   lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

   Synonyms:
   faulty

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1. defective

   Synonyms:
   bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, deficient, deformed, fallible, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthless

   Antonyms:
   absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled

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1. defective

   Synonyms:
   faulty, imperfect, insufficient, deficient, wanting, short

   Antonyms:
   correct, complete, sufficient, full, ample, abundant, satisfactory

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1. defective, faultyadjective

   having a defect

   "I returned the appliance because it was defective"

   Synonyms:
   incorrect, faulty, wrong, bad

   Antonyms:
   normal, functioning, perfect

2. defectiveadjective

   markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior

   "defective speech"

   Synonyms:
   faulty, bad

   Antonyms:
   functioning, normal, perfect

3. bad, defectiveadjective

   not working properly

   "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"

   Synonyms:
   spoilt, tough, speculative, unsound, sorry, uncollectible, regretful, bad, forged, unfit, risky, high-risk, faulty, spoiled, big

   Antonyms:
   perfect, functioning, normal

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1. defectiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   deficient, insufficient, inadequate, not full, incomplete

2. defectiveadjective

   Synonyms:
   imperfect, faulty, not perfect

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1. List of paraphrases for "defective":

   faulty, flawed, deficient, poor, malfunctioning, inoperative, bad

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1. Donald Trump:

   It is clear to me that we can not prevent an Iranian nuclear bomb under the decaying and rotten structure of the current agreement, the Iran deal is defective at The Iran deal core. If we do nothing we know exactly what will happen.

2. Joshua Neff:

   Fiat Chrysler failed to notify owners within the required 60 days in seven (of 23) recalls we are discussing here today, in two additional recalls associated with defective Takata air bags, Fiat Chrysler misled the agency about its owner notifications and failed to send recall notices to vehicle owners for months.

3. David Frum:

   They're not horrified by the violence anymore, they're increasingly accepting it. And they're accepting too that our institutions, the institutions of the United States, are so defective that they need to be overthrown and rebuilt and renewed in some radical new way with violence, always, in the background as the tool by which this will be done.

4. President Trump:

   This was a horrible, one-sided deal that should have never, ever been made, the Iran deal is defective at its core.

5. Kurt Arnold:

   We're going to show that Tote knew the El Faro was a defective ship that they knowingly sent into the path of a hurricane. We'll be fighting to expose the Limited Liability act of 1851 as the backward and arcane law that it is.