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defective
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of DEFECTIVE
[more defective; most defective]
: having a problem or fault that prevents something from working correctly : having a defect or flaw有缺点的；有缺陷的；有毛病的
- Our car had defective [=faulty] brakes, so we had them replaced.我们的汽车刹车有毛病，所以我们把它们换掉了。
- This computer is defective. I want my money back.这台电脑是残品。我要退货。
- defective products/merchandise有缺陷的产品/商品
- The disease is caused by a defective gene.这种病是由一种有缺陷的基因导致的。
de·fec·tive di-ˈfek-tiv 
defectively adverb
defectiveness noun
Example Sentences
Adjective This computer is defective. I want my money back. The disease is caused by a defective gene.
Recent Examples on the Web
Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 The lawsuit also names the helmet-maker Giro Sport Design Inc., arguing that the helmet Molly wore was defective. Will Taylor, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2022 Guerrero concluded, however, that the notice denying the claim sent by MTS was defective. Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 General Motors has recalled more than 141,000 Bolts since last August and halted manufacturing of the electric vehicles for several months after some defective batteries caught fire. Christine Mui, Fortune, 6 July 2022 Chevrolet restarted production in April at Orion after idling it for months so that GM could work with its battery maker LG Energy Solution to focus on finding a fix for defective batteries in all 2017-22 model year EVs and EUVs. Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022 Auto safety experts have often criticized the highway safety agency for doing a poor job of investigating deadly auto defects, such as a faulty ignition switch used by G.M. and defective airbags made by Takata. New York Times, 16 Aug. 2021 Adams tried to get more than $13,000 from the $125 million Takata Individual Restitution Fund, which the airbag maker was forced to set up to compensate people injured by their defective airbags. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2021 The majority of the defective ballots were Democratic ones. Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 17 May 2022 Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021 See More
Adjective
The orders denied that the petitions were defective. Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 The lawsuit also names the helmet-maker Giro Sport Design Inc., arguing that the helmet Molly wore was defective. Will Taylor, Outside Online, 19 Aug. 2022 Guerrero concluded, however, that the notice denying the claim sent by MTS was defective. Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2022 General Motors has recalled more than 141,000 Bolts since last August and halted manufacturing of the electric vehicles for several months after some defective batteries caught fire. Christine Mui, Fortune, 6 July 2022 Chevrolet restarted production in April at Orion after idling it for months so that GM could work with its battery maker LG Energy Solution to focus on finding a fix for defective batteries in all 2017-22 model year EVs and EUVs. Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 1 June 2022 Auto safety experts have often criticized the highway safety agency for doing a poor job of investigating deadly auto defects, such as a faulty ignition switch used by G.M. and defective airbags made by Takata. New York Times, 16 Aug. 2021 Adams tried to get more than $13,000 from the $125 million Takata Individual Restitution Fund, which the airbag maker was forced to set up to compensate people injured by their defective airbags. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2021 The majority of the defective ballots were Democratic ones. Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive, 17 May 2022 Noun
After two replacement phones (one defective, the next meant for another customer and locked) and 15 different Apple customer service representatives, Holland, a publicist in Wilmington, N.C., searched online for Jobs’s email address. Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English defectif, defectyve "lacking, faulty, of poor quality," borrowed from Anglo-French defectif, borrowed from Late Latin dēfectīvus "lacking an inflectional form, imperfect, faulty," from Latin dēfectus, past participle of dēficere "to be lacking, run short, fail" + -īvus -ive — more at deficient
Noun
derivative of defective entry 1
First Known Use
Adjective
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
1562, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of defective was in the 14th century adjective
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