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# defective

«defective» in Mova's school dictionary: **wrong with it; having a fault** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (defective; more defective, most defective)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Not working properly because something is wrong with it; having a fault. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/#m1)

2) (old, offensive) Used in the past about people with disabilities; this use is now hurtful and should not be used. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and shopping, a defective product is faulty and can be returned or replaced. In science lessons a defective circuit has a broken part. Phrases: «defective goods», «a defective part», «return a defective item», «defective brakes».

### examples

- The toaster was defective, so we took it back to the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/#x1)
- A defective wire caused the light to flicker. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/#x2)
- The company recalled cars with defective brakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/#x3)
- One of the bulbs in the set was defective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/#x4)
- You can get a refund for defective goods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/#x5)
- The bike was defective — the chain kept slipping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/#x6)

### note

Noun: «defect» (a fault). Do not confuse with «deficient» (not having enough). Never use it to describe people. In maths problems, if 3 out of 50 items are defective, 47 are good.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «defective» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/defective/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.