What is another word for defective?
2576 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪfˈɛktɪv], [ dɪfˈɛktɪv], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_v]
The word "defective" refers to something that is not functioning properly or is flawed in some way. Some synonyms for this word include faulty, flawed, imperfect, damaged, impaired, and substandard. A faulty product is one that has some sort of defect or problem that makes it unusable or unsafe. A flawed idea or plan is one that is not well thought out or is flawed in some way. An imperfect item is one that is not complete or is lacking in some way. Damaged goods are items that have been damaged or ruined in some way and are no longer usable. Impaired functioning refers to a state of being less than fully functional. Substandard work or material is less than the acceptable level of quality.
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Similar words for defective:
- bad (adjective)
- blemished (adjective)
- deficient (adjective)
- disabled (adjective)
- dysfunctional (adjective)
- erroneous (adjective)
- haywire (adjective)
- imperfect (adjective)
- impure (adjective)
- incomplete (adjective)
- insufficient (adjective)
- jerry-built (adjective)
- lacking (adjective)
- sketchy (adjective)
- unintellectual (adjective)
- wrong (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- broken (adjective)
- crippled (adjective)
- execrable (adjective)
- faulty (adjective)
- flimsy (adjective)
- half-witted (adjective)
- inaccurate (adjective)
- inoperative (adjective)
- laid-up (adjective)
- on the blink (adjective)
- retarded (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- sick (adjective)
- undesirable (adjective)
- unfinished (adjective)
- unsound (adjective)
- wanting (adjective)
Synonyms for Defective:
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adj.
• bad- arrant ,
- baneful ,
- black ,
- bottom out ,
- cruddy ,
- detrimental ,
- displeasing ,
- godawful ,
- grody ,
- ill-suited ,
- inadequate ,
- inadvisable ,
- inferior ,
- invalid ,
- irremediable ,
- not good ,
- poor ,
- the pits ,
- unfavorable ,
- unpleasant ,
- unsatisfactory ,
- vile ,
- wretched ,
- most inferior ,
- poorer ,
- sad .
- Hacked ,
- Nicked ,
- Scabbed ,
- Scored ,
- Scuffed ,
- abraded ,
- blemished ,
- blistered ,
- blotched ,
- chipped ,
- cracked ,
- damaged ,
- defaced ,
- deformed ,
- discolored ,
- disfigured ,
- distorted ,
- flawed ,
- flecked ,
- freckled ,
- gashed ,
- impure ,
- marked ,
- marred ,
- notched ,
- pockmarked ,
- scarred ,
- scraped ,
- scratched ,
- slit ,
- specked ,
- splotched ,
- spoiled ,
- spotted ,
- stained ,
- tainted ,
- tarnished .
- Misconceived ,
- Misconstrued ,
- all wet ,
- botched ,
- fallacious ,
- false ,
- illogical ,
- inaccurate ,
- incorrect ,
- miscalculated ,
- misestimated ,
- misjudged ,
- mistaken ,
- way off ,
- wrong number .
- Sans ,
- can't cut it ,
- coming up short ,
- deprived of ,
- not hacking it ,
- not making it ,
- cant cut it ,
- coming short ,
- more needing ,
- more without ,
- most needing ,
- most without ,
- sanser ,
- sansest .
- fluffed ,
- not precise ,
- off-target ,
- on the wrong track ,
- out of line ,
- sophistical ,
- ungrounded ,
- misfigured .
- dis integrated ,
- dis membered ,
- dis-integrated ,
- dis-membered ,
- gone pieces ,
- gone pot ,
- in need of repair ,
- in need repair ,
- in operable ,
- in shop ,
- in-operable ,
- kaput ,
- mangled ,
- more burst ,
- more busted ,
- more collapsed ,
- more crumbled ,
- more crushed ,
- more demolished ,
- more disintegrated ,
- more dismembered ,
- more fractured ,
- more fragmented ,
- more inoperable ,
- more mangled ,
- more pulverized ,
- more rent ,
- more riven ,
- more ruptured ,
- more severed ,
- more shattered ,
- more shivered ,
- more shot ,
- more shredded ,
- more slivered ,
- more split ,
- more wracked ,
- most burst ,
- most busted ,
- most collapsed ,
- most crumbled ,
- most crushed ,
- most demolished ,
- most disintegrated ,
- most dismembered ,
- most fractured ,
- most fragmented ,
- most inoperable ,
- most mangled ,
- most pulverized ,
- most rent ,
- most riven ,
- most ruptured ,
- most severed ,
- most shattered ,
- most shivered ,
- most shot ,
- most shredded ,
- most slivered ,
- most split ,
- most wracked ,
- on fritz ,
- on shelf ,
- on the shelf ,
- out commission ,
- out kilter ,
- out order ,
- out whack .
- de formed ,
- de-formed ,
- gimp ,
- gimper ,
- gimpest ,
- haltest ,
- in capacitated ,
- in-capacitated ,
- lamest ,
- more enfeebled ,
- more hamstrung ,
- more hog tied ,
- more hog-tied ,
- more hogtied ,
- more housebound ,
- more marred ,
- more sidelined ,
- most enfeebled ,
- most hamstrung ,
- most hog tied ,
- most hog-tied ,
- most hogtied ,
- most housebound ,
- most marred ,
- most sidelined .
- de based ,
- de-based ,
- lemon ,
- malformed ,
- more blemished ,
- more botched ,
- more imprecise ,
- more lemon ,
- more malfunctioning ,
- more unretentive ,
- more warped ,
- most blemished ,
- most botched ,
- most imprecise ,
- most lemon ,
- most malfunctioning ,
- most unretentive ,
- most warped ,
- un reliable ,
- un retentive ,
- un-reliable ,
- un-retentive .
- cutrate ,
- gossamer ,
- house cards ,
- in firmer ,
- in firmest ,
- in substantial ,
- in-firm ,
- in-firmer ,
- in-firmest ,
- in-substantial ,
- more chiffon ,
- more cut rate ,
- more cut-rate ,
- more cutrate ,
- more papery ,
- more rinkydink ,
- most chiffon ,
- most cut rate ,
- most cut-rate ,
- most cutrate ,
- most papery ,
- most rinkydink ,
- shallow ,
- shallower ,
- trans parent ,
- trans-parent ,
- un substantial ,
- un-substantial .
- dull witted ,
- dullwitted ,
- half witted ,
- more dull witted ,
- more dull-witted ,
- more dullwitted ,
- most dull witted ,
- most dull-witted ,
- most dullwitted .
- counter factual ,
- counter-factual ,
- doesnt wash ,
- in accurate ,
- in-accurate ,
- more way off ,
- more way-off ,
- more wayoff ,
- most way off ,
- most way-off ,
- most wayoff ,
- off base ,
- un faithful ,
- un-faithful ,
- way-off ,
- wayoff .
- dim witted ,
- dummier ,
- dummiest ,
- feeble minded ,
- more dumbbell ,
- more dumbo ,
- more dumdum ,
- more gorked ,
- more lamebrained ,
- more numbskull ,
- more pinhead ,
- more retardo ,
- more subnormal ,
- more underachieving ,
- more yo yo ,
- more yo-yo ,
- more yoyo ,
- most dumbbell ,
- most dumbo ,
- most dumdum ,
- most gorked ,
- most lamebrained ,
- most numbskull ,
- most pinhead ,
- most retardo ,
- most subnormal ,
- most underachieving ,
- most yo yo ,
- most yo-yo ,
- most yoyo ,
- re tardo ,
- re-tardo ,
- simple minded ,
- slow witted ,
- slow-witted ,
- slowwitted ,
- sub normal ,
- sub-normal ,
- under achieving ,
- under-achieving ,
- yo yo .
- bummest ,
- dis agreeable ,
- dis appointing ,
- dis eased ,
- dis pleasing ,
- dis-agreeable ,
- dis-appointing ,
- dis-eased ,
- dis-pleasing ,
- low grade ,
- lowgrade ,
- more bruised ,
- most bruised ,
- punker ,
- punkest ,
- un fortunate ,
- un happier ,
- un happiest ,
- un happy ,
- un luckier ,
- un luckiest ,
- un lucky ,
- un pleasant ,
- un-fortunate ,
- un-happy ,
- un-luckier ,
- un-lucky ,
- un-pleasant .
- in bad way ,
- in curable ,
- in disposed ,
- in-curable ,
- in-disposed ,
- more declining ,
- more hospitalized ,
- more infected ,
- more qualmish ,
- more suffering ,
- most declining ,
- most hospitalized ,
- most infected ,
- most qualmish ,
- most suffering ,
- sick as dog ,
- sickest ,
- un healthier ,
- un healthiest ,
- un healthy ,
- un-healthiest ,
- un-healthy ,
- under medication ,
- under weather .
- be avoided ,
- dis liked ,
- dis tasteful ,
- dis-liked ,
- dis-tasteful ,
- in admissible ,
- in commodious ,
- in convenient ,
- in expedient ,
- in sufferable ,
- in-admissible ,
- in-commodious ,
- in-convenient ,
- in-expedient ,
- in-sufferable ,
- more disliked ,
- more dreaded ,
- more loathed ,
- more outcast ,
- more scorned ,
- more shunned ,
- more unlikable ,
- more unpleasing ,
- most disliked ,
- most dreaded ,
- most loathed ,
- most outcast ,
- most scorned ,
- most shunned ,
- most unlikable ,
- most unpleasing ,
- out cast ,
- out place ,
- out-cast ,
- un attractive ,
- un desirable ,
- un likable ,
- un pleasing ,
- un popular ,
- un savorier ,
- un savoriest ,
- un savory ,
- un sought ,
- un suitable ,
- un wanted ,
- un welcome ,
- un-attractive ,
- un-desirable ,
- un-likable ,
- un-pleasing ,
- un-popular ,
- un-savorier ,
- un-savoriest ,
- un-savory ,
- un-sought ,
- un-suitable ,
- un-wanted .
- Unfashioned ,
- in making ,
- in rough ,
- more dabbling ,
- more roughhewn ,
- more uncompleted ,
- more unconcluded ,
- more unfashioned ,
- more unfulfilled ,
- most dabbling ,
- most roughhewn ,
- most uncompleted ,
- most unconcluded ,
- most unfashioned ,
- most unfulfilled ,
- not done ,
- roughhewn ,
- un adorned ,
- un completed ,
- un concluded ,
- un fashioned ,
- un finished ,
- un fulfilled ,
- un perfected ,
- un refined ,
- un-adorned ,
- un-completed ,
- un-concluded ,
- un-fashioned ,
- un-finished ,
- un-fulfilled ,
- un-perfected ,
- un-refined ,
- unadorned ,
- unfulfilled .
- de ranged ,
- de-ranged ,
- in congruous ,
- in secure ,
- in securer ,
- in securest ,
- in-congruous ,
- in-secure ,
- in-securer ,
- in-securest ,
- more unbacked ,
- most unbacked ,
- not solid ,
- un backed ,
- un safe ,
- un safer ,
- un safest ,
- un sound ,
- un sounder ,
- un soundest ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un steadier ,
- un steadiest ,
- un steady ,
- un-backed ,
- un-safe ,
- un-safer ,
- un-safest ,
- un-sound ,
- un-sounder ,
- un-soundest ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest ,
- un-steadier ,
- un-steadiest .
Other synonyms:
- Overworked ,
- bum ,
- defunct ,
- facile ,
- flabby ,
- flaccid ,
- flimsy ,
- futile ,
- inefficient ,
- infertile ,
- lame ,
- moribund ,
- muddled ,
- muted ,
- nonoperational ,
- nugatory ,
- otiose ,
- outworn ,
- pointless ,
- purposeless ,
- small-time ,
- spent ,
- toothless ,
- unfinished ,
- unhelpful ,
- uninformative ,
- useless .
- dead .
- anemic ,
- bush-league ,
- cumbersome ,
- dysfunctional ,
- empty ,
- ineffective ,
- inoperable ,
- lacking ,
- paper ,
- paralyzed ,
- porous ,
- rotten ,
- unproven ,
- unreliable ,
- unresponsive ,
- worthless .
- idle ,
- inactive ,
- temperamental .
- old .
Other relevant words:
- 2d ,
- 2nd ,
- abandon ,
- abbreviate ,
- abhorrent ,
- abject ,
- abominable ,
- abortive ,
- abridge ,
- abruptly ,
- absent ,
- absolutely ,
- absurd ,
- ache ,
- acned ,
- across-the-board ,
- addict ,
- addled ,
- adult ,
- adulterate ,
- adverse ,
- affair ,
- affected ,
- afflicted ,
- afield ,
- afloat ,
- african-american ,
- ailing ,
- ailment ,
- aimless ,
- all in ,
- all-embracing ,
- all-encompassing ,
- all-inclusive ,
- alligatored ,
- amateur ,
- amazing ,
- ameliorate ,
- amend ,
- amuck ,
- anaemic ,
- anguish ,
- anserine ,
- anthropoid ,
- antic ,
- apathetic ,
- aper ,
- appropriate ,
- approximate ,
- approximative ,
- arcsecond ,
- arduous ,
- around the bend ,
- arrest ,
- arrogate ,
- arse ,
- ass ,
- assorted ,
- assume ,
- assumed ,
- at odds ,
- at sea ,
- atrocious ,
- attach ,
- attenuate ,
- attenuated ,
- automaton ,
- average ,
- away ,
- awe-inspiring ,
- awed ,
- awesome ,
- awfully ,
- awing ,
- awkward ,
- babe ,
- baby ,
- back ,
- backbreaking ,
- backside ,
- backwards ,
- badness ,
- baffled ,
- baffling ,
- balancer ,
- baleful ,
- balmy ,
- bang-up ,
- bar ,
- barbarous ,
- bare ,
- barely ,
- barf ,
- bargain rate ,
- bargain-priced ,
- barmy ,
- barricade ,
- base ,
- baseball swing ,
- baseless ,
- bats ,
- batty ,
- be sick ,
- beat ,
- bedraggled ,
- befool ,
- befuddled ,
- begrime ,
- behind ,
- behindhand ,
- belt ,
- bemire ,
- bemused ,
- bend ,
- berserk ,
- best ,
- bettor ,
- bewildered ,
- bighearted ,
- biological ,
- bit ,
- bit by bit ,
- bit-by-bit ,
- bite ,
- blabbermouthed ,
- black-market ,
- blacken ,
- blackened ,
- blackness ,
- blame ,
- blameable ,
- blameful ,
- blameworthy ,
- blanket ,
- bleak ,
- blighted ,
- block ,
- block off ,
- block up ,
- blockade ,
- blockage ,
- blotchy ,
- blue ,
- blunt ,
- boastful ,
- boastfully ,
- boisterous ,
- bonehead ,
- bonkers ,
- bootleg ,
- bootless ,
- born ,
- bottom ,
- bounteous ,
- bountiful ,
- braggart ,
- bragging ,
- braggy ,
- brainsick ,
- brassy ,
- break ,
- break off ,
- break open ,
- break up ,
- bribe ,
- bring down ,
- broad ,
- broken in ,
- bruise ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- brutal ,
- bubble ,
- buggy ,
- bully ,
- bum about ,
- bum around ,
- bump off ,
- bumpy ,
- bungled ,
- bungling ,
- buns ,
- burn down ,
- burn mark ,
- burn off ,
- burn up ,
- burning ,
- burst ,
- bush ,
- bushed ,
- busted ,
- butt ,
- butterfingered ,
- buttocks ,
- buy ,
- cadge ,
- calamitous ,
- can ,
- cancel ,
- cancelled ,
- caper ,
- capture ,
- card-house ,
- cardcastle ,
- cardhouse ,
- careworn ,
- caricature ,
- carve up ,
- cast ,
- casual ,
- cat ,
- catch ,
- catkin ,
- cauterise ,
- cauterize ,
- cease ,
- censurable ,
- change form ,
- change shape ,
- changeable ,
- changeling ,
- chapped ,
- character ,
- charge ,
- chartaceous ,
- cheap ,
- cheapjack ,
- cheapness ,
- cheating ,
- check ,
- checkered ,
- cheesy ,
- chequered ,
- childlike ,
- chill ,
- chintzy ,
- chip at ,
- chuck ,
- chump ,
- clabber ,
- claudication ,
- cleave ,
- clog ,
- close ,
- closed ,
- closure ,
- cloud ,
- clumsy ,
- clutch ,
- coagulate ,
- coagulum ,
- cobweb ,
- cobwebby ,
- cock-a-hoop ,
- cockeyed ,
- cold shoulder ,
- colly ,
- color ,
- colour ,
- combust ,
- come down ,
- come out ,
- come out of the closet ,
- complete ,
- component ,
- component part ,
- composition ,
- concentrated ,
- condemnable ,
- confiscate ,
- conflicting ,
- confounded ,
- conjuration ,
- conjuring trick ,
- conquer ,
- constituent ,
- consummate ,
- contain ,
- contaminating ,
- continuous tense ,
- contort ,
- contraband ,
- contract ,
- contradictory ,
- contrary ,
- contribution ,
- copycat ,
- core out ,
- corking ,
- corruptedly ,
- count ,
- crackbrained ,
- crackers ,
- cracking ,
- cramp ,
- crash ,
- crazy ,
- crook ,
- crooked ,
- crowing ,
- crude oil ,
- cruel ,
- crumb ,
- crushed ,
- crying ,
- culpable ,
- cumbrous ,
- cunt ,
- curdle ,
- cursory ,
- curt ,
- curtly ,
- curve ,
- cut back ,
- cut down ,
- cut of meat ,
- cut off ,
- cut price ,
- cut up ,
- cut-price ,
- cutting ,
- cutting off ,
- daft ,
- damage ,
- damaging ,
- damnable ,
- dandy ,
- dark ,
- dazed ,
- deadened ,
- deadly ,
- deaf ,
- debase ,
- debauch ,
- debility ,
- deceitful ,
- deception ,
- decline ,
- decrepit ,
- defile ,
- degenerate ,
- degraded ,
- deletion ,
- delicate ,
- delusory ,
- demented ,
- demerit ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- dent ,
- depart ,
- deplorable ,
- deprave ,
- depraved ,
- derelict ,
- derisory ,
- derriere ,
- descend ,
- desert ,
- despicable ,
- destroyer ,
- detestable ,
- detriment ,
- devalued ,
- developing ,
- developmentally challenged ,
- deviate ,
- dewy-eyed ,
- diaphanous ,
- diaphragm ,
- differ ,
- difficult ,
- diffident ,
- dig ,
- dilute ,
- dim ,
- dim-witted ,
- diminished ,
- dingy ,
- dire ,
- directionless ,
- direful ,
- dirty dog ,
- disable ,
- disabled ,
- disadvantageous ,
- disadvantageously ,
- disagree ,
- disastrous ,
- discharge ,
- disconnected ,
- disconsolate ,
- discontinue ,
- discredited ,
- disfiguration ,
- disfigurement ,
- disgorge ,
- disgraceful ,
- disgusted ,
- disjointed ,
- dismal ,
- disoriented ,
- dispatch ,
- disqualify ,
- disquieted ,
- disregard ,
- dissatisfactory ,
- dissever ,
- dissident ,
- dissipate ,
- distress ,
- distressed ,
- distressing ,
- disunite ,
- disunited ,
- divide ,
- division ,
- do-nothing ,
- dog-tired ,
- done for ,
- doofus ,
- dopey ,
- dopy ,
- dormant ,
- dotted ,
- dotty ,
- double-dyed ,
- drab ,
- drained ,
- drawn ,
- dread ,
- dreaded ,
- dreadful ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- drug addict ,
- dull ,
- dullard ,
- dumbass ,
- dumdum bullet ,
- dunderhead ,
- dupe ,
- dysphoric ,
- earthy ,
- edit ,
- edit out ,
- elementary ,
- eloquent ,
- elusive ,
- emasculated ,
- embryonal ,
- embryotic ,
- empty-bellied ,
- emulator ,
- enceinte ,
- encompassing ,
- end ,
- endorse ,
- endorsement ,
- erose ,
- erratic ,
- error ,
- error-prone ,
- erstwhile ,
- especial ,
- ethereal ,
- evacuate ,
- everlasting ,
- evil ,
- excavate ,
- exceeding ,
- excessiveness ,
- excision ,
- exclude ,
- exhausted ,
- expectant ,
- expostulation ,
- extensive ,
- extinct ,
- extra ,
- faded ,
- fagged ,
- faineant ,
- faint ,
- fair ,
- faithlessly ,
- fake ,
- falderol ,
- fall ,
- fall guy ,
- falsify ,
- fanny ,
- fast one ,
- fatal ,
- fateful ,
- fatigued ,
- faultiness ,
- faux ,
- fearful ,
- fearsome ,
- fed up ,
- feebleminded ,
- feebleness ,
- fell ,
- felon ,
- felonious ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- fierce ,
- filmy ,
- filthily ,
- filthy ,
- finish ,
- fire ,
- firmly ,
- flagitious ,
- flagrant ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- fledgling ,
- flex ,
- flim-flam ,
- fluent ,
- fluid ,
- flunk ,
- flyblown ,
- fob ,
- folderal ,
- fond ,
- fool around ,
- fool away ,
- forbidden ,
- foreshorten ,
- forgetful ,
- former ,
- forth ,
- fossil oil ,
- foul ,
- fox ,
- fracture ,
- fragile ,
- fragmental ,
- frailness ,
- fraudulent ,
- freak ,
- freehanded ,
- frig around ,
- frightening ,
- frightful ,
- frightfully ,
- frill ,
- frisson ,
- fritter ,
- fritter away ,
- frivol away ,
- frowsy ,
- frowzy ,
- fruitless ,
- fruity ,
- fuck off ,
- fuckhead ,
- full ,
- full point ,
- full stop ,
- full-grown ,
- fully grown ,
- fumbling ,
- function ,
- fundament ,
- gamboge ,
- game ,
- gameness ,
- garble ,
- garbled ,
- garish ,
- gash ,
- gaudy ,
- gauze-like ,
- gauzy ,
- geld ,
- gelded ,
- geological fault ,
- get hold of ,
- get rid of ,
- ghastly ,
- ghostwrite ,
- ghostwriter ,
- gilded ,
- gimcrackery ,
- gimpiness ,
- gimpy ,
- give up ,
- giving ,
- glaring ,
- gloomy ,
- glossy ,
- glow ,
- go under ,
- goalless ,
- gone ,
- good-for-naught ,
- good-for-nothing ,
- goon ,
- gooselike ,
- goosey ,
- goosy ,
- grab ,
- grating ,
- gravelly ,
- gravely ,
- gravid ,
- grease one's palms ,
- great ,
- green ,
- grim ,
- grime ,
- grisly ,
- groovy ,
- gross ,
- grown ,
- grownup ,
- grub ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- gruesome ,
- gull ,
- hack ,
- hackamore ,
- haggard ,
- half-crazed ,
- halt ,
- haltere ,
- halting ,
- ham-fisted ,
- ham-handed ,
- hammerhead ,
- hamper ,
- handicap ,
- handless ,
- handsome ,
- hangman's halter ,
- hangman's rope ,
- haphazard ,
- hapless ,
- hard put ,
- hard-pressed ,
- hardly ,
- harm ,
- harsh ,
- haunt ,
- hazardous ,
- heavily ,
- heavy ,
- heavy-handed ,
- hemp ,
- hempen necktie ,
- hind end ,
- hindquarters ,
- hitch ,
- hitless ,
- hobble ,
- hobo ,
- hold back ,
- hold on ,
- hole ,
- holey ,
- holler ,
- hollow out ,
- homebound ,
- honk ,
- hood ,
- hoodlum ,
- hooligan ,
- hoover ,
- horrendous ,
- horrific ,
- horse around ,
- humbled ,
- humiliated ,
- hushed ,
- icky ,
- idler ,
- ignominious ,
- ignore ,
- ill ,
- ill-chosen ,
- ill-gotten ,
- ill-shapen ,
- ill-timed ,
- illusion ,
- illusive ,
- imitation ,
- imitator ,
- immaterial ,
- imperfect tense ,
- impossible ,
- impound ,
- impoverished ,
- improve ,
- improvised ,
- in part ,
- in small stages ,
- in stages ,
- inactivate ,
- inapplicable ,
- inapposite ,
- inapt ,
- inauspicious ,
- incapacitate ,
- incinerate ,
- incision ,
- incompatible ,
- incompetent person ,
- indecent ,
- indecorous ,
- indecorously ,
- indefensible ,
- indispose ,
- indisposed ,
- indolent ,
- indorse ,
- ineffectual ,
- inept ,
- inert ,
- inexpert ,
- inferiority ,
- infirmity ,
- inglorious ,
- injury ,
- innate ,
- inordinateness ,
- inquisitive ,
- insalubrious ,
- instant ,
- instinctive ,
- insubstantial ,
- insultingly ,
- intemperate ,
- intemperately ,
- intercept ,
- interracial ,
- irregular ,
- issue ,
- jagged ,
- jaggy ,
- jejune ,
- jerky ,
- jester ,
- jobless ,
- joke ,
- jolting ,
- jolty ,
- joseph black ,
- jumpy ,
- junkie ,
- jury-rigged ,
- just ,
- kayoed ,
- keen ,
- keep out ,
- keister ,
- kibosh ,
- kinky ,
- knock ,
- knocked out ,
- knockout ,
- knotty ,
- knucklehead ,
- ko'd ,
- kookie ,
- kooky ,
- laborious ,
- lacerated ,
- lack ,
- lameness ,
- lamentable ,
- large ,
- laughable ,
- lay off ,
- layabout ,
- layover ,
- laze ,
- lazy ,
- lean ,
- left-handed ,
- legal injury ,
- legerdemain ,
- lemon tree ,
- lemon yellow ,
- lentiginose ,
- lentiginous ,
- lessened ,
- lewd ,
- liberal ,
- lifelike ,
- light ,
- lightlessness ,
- limp ,
- limping ,
- little ,
- little by little ,
- loaf ,
- loafer ,
- loathsome ,
- loco ,
- loggerhead ,
- loll ,
- loll around ,
- loony ,
- loopy ,
- loose ,
- lopsided ,
- lost ,
- loud ,
- lounge about ,
- lounge around ,
- low ,
- low-down ,
- lowlife ,
- ludicrous ,
- lunkhead ,
- macabre ,
- mad ,
- magic ,
- magic trick ,
- magnanimous ,
- maimed ,
- maize ,
- make out ,
- make-do ,
- maladjusted ,
- malefactor ,
- malformation ,
- mangle ,
- mar ,
- mark ,
- marked-up ,
- maverick ,
- mazed ,
- meagerly ,
- meaningless ,
- measly ,
- melanise ,
- melanize ,
- meliorate ,
- mentally ill ,
- mentally retarded ,
- mere ,
- meretricious ,
- meritless ,
- middling ,
- minute ,
- miscellaneous ,
- mischievously ,
- misdirect ,
- misfortunate ,
- misguided ,
- misleading ,
- mismatched ,
- misrepresented ,
- misshapen ,
- misshapenness ,
- mistake ,
- mixed-up ,
- mo ,
- moment ,
- mooch ,
- moody ,
- mordant ,
- moth-eaten ,
- motionless ,
- motley ,
- motley fool ,
- move out ,
- mown ,
- muddied ,
- muddy ,
- muffled ,
- mug ,
- muggins ,
- murder ,
- murderously ,
- muttonhead ,
- muzzy ,
- myopic ,
- nasty ,
- nates ,
- naughtily ,
- nauseated ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- neat ,
- negative ,
- negro ,
- negroid ,
- nerveless ,
- neutral ,
- newspaper ,
- newspaper publisher ,
- nickel-and-dime ,
- nifty ,
- nimiety ,
- nitwit ,
- no-account ,
- no-count ,
- no-good ,
- noisome ,
- nonadaptive ,
- noncritical ,
- nonsense ,
- nonsensical ,
- not bad ,
- notional ,
- numb ,
- numskull ,
- nut ,
- nuts ,
- nutty ,
- obscenely ,
- obsess ,
- obstinate ,
- occlusion ,
- occlusive ,
- odd ,
- odious ,
- off-key ,
- offend ,
- offended ,
- offensive ,
- office ,
- oil ,
- older ,
- olympian ,
- one-time ,
- onetime ,
- onionskin ,
- openhanded ,
- opprobrious ,
- out of true ,
- out of work ,
- out or keeping ,
- outlaw ,
- overabundance ,
- overindulgence ,
- overseas ,
- overtone ,
- pain ,
- pained ,
- painful ,
- pale ,
- pallid ,
- paltry ,
- panoptic ,
- pantie ,
- panty ,
- paperlike ,
- paradoxical ,
- paralytical ,
- partial derivative ,
- partial tone ,
- partially ,
- particular ,
- parting ,
- partly ,
- passing ,
- passive ,
- patched ,
- patsy ,
- peachy ,
- peaked ,
- peccable ,
- percentage ,
- perfect ,
- perfectly ,
- period ,
- pernicious ,
- persona ,
- pervert ,
- pestiferous ,
- pestilent ,
- petroleum ,
- piece ,
- pillock ,
- pitch blackness ,
- pitch-black ,
- pitch-dark ,
- piteous ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- planless ,
- play a joke on ,
- play a trick on ,
- play tricks ,
- played out ,
- plosive ,
- plosive consonant ,
- plosive speech sound ,
- pocked ,
- point ,
- poisonous ,
- polish off ,
- poor fish ,
- poor people ,
- poriferous ,
- portion ,
- posterior ,
- potholed ,
- prank ,
- prat ,
- precarious ,
- prehend ,
- prejudicial ,
- prejudicious ,
- preposterous ,
- pretended ,
- previous ,
- prick ,
- primitive ,
- pro forma ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- prodigious ,
- profane ,
- progressive ,
- progressive tense ,
- prohibited ,
- prominent ,
- pronounced ,
- proscribed ,
- protestation ,
- prune ,
- psychotic ,
- psychotic person ,
- pudden-head ,
- pudding head ,
- pugnacious ,
- puke ,
- pull a fast one on ,
- punishing ,
- punk ,
- punter ,
- pure ,
- purge ,
- puss ,
- pussy ,
- pustulate ,
- put on ,
- put one across ,
- put one over ,
- put-on ,
- queasy ,
- questioning ,
- quiet ,
- quit ,
- quiver ,
- quondam ,
- rachitic ,
- raddled ,
- rank ,
- rap ,
- rasping ,
- raspy ,
- rat ,
- rationalise ,
- rationalize ,
- ratty ,
- raunchy ,
- raw ,
- rear ,
- rear end ,
- rearward ,
- rearwards ,
- reduce ,
- redundant ,
- region ,
- regorge ,
- regurgitate ,
- remonstrance ,
- rent ,
- report ,
- reprehensible ,
- reprehensively ,
- reprobate ,
- repugnant ,
- repulsive ,
- resist ,
- retard ,
- retch ,
- ridiculous ,
- rip ,
- rive ,
- robot ,
- rock oil ,
- rocky ,
- role ,
- rotted ,
- rotter ,
- rough in ,
- rough out ,
- rough-cut ,
- roughened ,
- roughly ,
- roughneck ,
- roughshod ,
- round the bend ,
- round-eyed ,
- rowdy ,
- rudderless ,
- rude ,
- ruffian ,
- ruffianly ,
- rugged ,
- ruin ,
- ruined ,
- ruiner ,
- rump ,
- salacious ,
- sap ,
- saphead ,
- sapless ,
- savage ,
- saw-toothed ,
- scarcely ,
- scathe ,
- scattered ,
- schism ,
- scoreless ,
- scratch ,
- scratchy ,
- scrimpy ,
- scum bag ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- seamy ,
- seat ,
- sec ,
- second base ,
- second gear ,
- secondly ,
- secondment ,
- section ,
- see-through ,
- seedy ,
- self-aggrandising ,
- self-aggrandizing ,
- senseless ,
- separate ,
- sequester ,
- seriously ,
- serrate ,
- serrated ,
- set ,
- set forth ,
- set off ,
- set out ,
- settle ,
- severe ,
- severely ,
- shade ,
- sham ,
- shameful ,
- share ,
- sheer ,
- shift ,
- shithead ,
- shitty ,
- shiver ,
- shivering ,
- shoal ,
- shoot ,
- short-change ,
- short-circuit ,
- short-staffed ,
- shortcoming ,
- shorten ,
- shortened ,
- shortly ,
- shortsighted ,
- shortstop ,
- shut out ,
- shut-in ,
- sick of ,
- sickening ,
- sickish ,
- sickly ,
- silly ,
- silver ,
- silver-tongued ,
- simple-minded ,
- simulated ,
- single-handed ,
- sinister ,
- sink ,
- skew-whiff ,
- skimp ,
- skip ,
- skunk ,
- slang ,
- slap-up ,
- slapdash ,
- slash ,
- slashed ,
- sleazy ,
- sleeveless ,
- slew ,
- slice ,
- slick ,
- slight ,
- slimy ,
- sloppy ,
- slothful ,
- slue ,
- slug ,
- smart ,
- smashing ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- smuggled ,
- smutty ,
- snag ,
- snatch ,
- snub ,
- so-and-so ,
- so-so ,
- sodding ,
- soft ,
- soft touch ,
- softened ,
- soil ,
- soiled ,
- sometime ,
- sophistic ,
- sour ,
- spacious ,
- spare ,
- special ,
- speckled ,
- specter ,
- spectre ,
- spew ,
- spite ,
- split up ,
- spoil ,
- sponge ,
- spook ,
- spot ,
- spotty ,
- spue ,
- spurious ,
- squalid ,
- square ,
- stagnant ,
- stagnate ,
- staring ,
- stark ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- static ,
- stay ,
- step-by-step ,
- step-in ,
- stepwise ,
- sterile ,
- stern ,
- still ,
- stillborn ,
- sting ,
- stinger ,
- stingy ,
- stinker ,
- stinking ,
- stinkpot ,
- stinky ,
- stint ,
- stippled ,
- stock split ,
- stop consonant ,
- stop over ,
- stopgap ,
- stopover ,
- stoppage ,
- strain ,
- strangle ,
- street fighter ,
- strong ,
- strong-armer ,
- stultify ,
- stunned ,
- stupefied ,
- stupid person ,
- sturdy ,
- subdued ,
- subject ,
- subscript ,
- subtraction ,
- subvert ,
- sucker ,
- suddenly ,
- suffer ,
- suffering ,
- sully ,
- sunburn ,
- sundry ,
- sunk ,
- suntan ,
- supererogatory ,
- superficial ,
- superfluous ,
- supernumerary ,
- surd ,
- surfeit ,
- surpassing ,
- surplus ,
- surplusage ,
- swell ,
- swelled ,
- swerve ,
- swing ,
- switch off ,
- taboo ,
- tabu ,
- tacky ,
- tail ,
- tail end ,
- tailor ,
- taint ,
- take ,
- take away ,
- take in ,
- take issue ,
- take off ,
- take out ,
- take over ,
- talebearing ,
- tan ,
- tatterdemalion ,
- tattling ,
- tatty ,
- tawdry ,
- tear ,
- tenuous ,
- terminate ,
- terrible ,
- terribly ,
- theatrical role ,
- theme ,
- thin ,
- thin out ,
- thing ,
- thinned ,
- thorough ,
- thoroughgoing ,
- thrill ,
- throb ,
- throw up ,
- thug ,
- tick over ,
- timid ,
- tinge ,
- tingle ,
- tinny ,
- tired of ,
- toilsome ,
- tomfool ,
- tooshie ,
- toothed ,
- topic ,
- torn ,
- total darkness ,
- tottery ,
- touch ,
- toughened ,
- toughie ,
- trace ,
- track ,
- traitorously ,
- tramp ,
- transfer ,
- transparent ,
- trashy ,
- trauma ,
- treacherous ,
- treacherously ,
- treasonably ,
- trembling ,
- tremendous ,
- tremor ,
- trend ,
- trim ,
- trim back ,
- trim down ,
- trimmed ,
- trumpery ,
- tumble-down ,
- turn ,
- turn back ,
- turn off ,
- turn out ,
- turned ,
- tush ,
- twat ,
- twine ,
- twist ,
- ugly ,
- unaccented ,
- unaccepted ,
- unadulterated ,
- unadvisable ,
- unappealing ,
- unassisted ,
- unavailing ,
- unawares ,
- unbalanced ,
- unbecoming ,
- unbiased ,
- unbiassed ,
- uncertain ,
- uncomely ,
- uncomplete ,
- uncomplicated ,
- unconnected ,
- unconventional ,
- unconvincing ,
- uncut ,
- undecorated ,
- undependable ,
- under the weather ,
- undercut ,
- undermanned ,
- understaffed ,
- undeserving ,
- undirected ,
- undoer ,
- uneffective ,
- unelaborated ,
- unentitled ,
- unequal ,
- unexploited ,
- unfavourable ,
- unfertile ,
- unfirm ,
- unfitting ,
- unfledged ,
- unforesightful ,
- unhealthful ,
- unhinged ,
- unkept ,
- unlawful ,
- unlikeable ,
- unlogical ,
- unopen ,
- unordered ,
- unpointed ,
- unproblematic ,
- unprocessed ,
- unrealised ,
- unrealized ,
- unrefined ,
- unripe ,
- unripened ,
- unsafe ,
- unseasonable ,
- unseemly ,
- unserviceable ,
- unskilled ,
- unsmooth ,
- unspeakable ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unstuck ,
- unsubdivided ,
- unsure ,
- unsympathetic ,
- untalented ,
- untimely ,
- unuseable ,
- unused ,
- unvoiced ,
- unwanted ,
- unwarranted ,
- unwell ,
- upchuck ,
- uprooter ,
- upset ,
- usurp ,
- utter ,
- utterly ,
- vacate ,
- vacuity ,
- vacuous ,
- vacuum cleaner ,
- vacuum-clean ,
- vain ,
- vainglorious ,
- vanity ,
- vaporous ,
- vapourous ,
- varnished ,
- vauntingly ,
- veer ,
- venomous ,
- verboten ,
- vice ,
- vitiate ,
- voice ,
- voiceless ,
- void ,
- vomit ,
- vomit up ,
- vulgar ,
- wacky ,
- wagerer ,
- wallop ,
- wallpaper ,
- wan ,
- wane ,
- want ,
- warp ,
- washed-out ,
- washed-up ,
- washy ,
- waste one's time ,
- wasted ,
- wastrel ,
- watery ,
- wayward ,
- weakly ,
- weakness ,
- weigh ,
- whacky ,
- wham ,
- whang ,
- whop ,
- whoremaster ,
- whoremonger ,
- wide of the mark ,
- wide-cut ,
- wide-eyed ,
- widely ,
- wild ,
- wiped out ,
- with child ,
- withdraw ,
- woeful ,
- wondering ,
- wonky ,
- woolly ,
- woolly-headed ,
- wooly ,
- wooly-minded ,
- work-shy ,
- worn out ,
- worn-out ,
- worried ,
- wound ,
- wraith ,
- wring ,
- write out ,
- wrongfulness ,
- yob ,
- yobbo ,
- yobo ,
- young .
- Brokenly ,
- Cicatrized ,
- Crumbling ,
- Deteriorated ,
- Disintegrating ,
- Faultful ,
- Feeble-minded ,
- HIT ,
- Kinked ,
- Naff ,
- Needing ,
- SIMP ,
- Scarified ,
- Sprung ,
- Unaccomplished ,
- Unmeet ,
- aberrant ,
- abnormal ,
- abroad ,
- adrift ,
- adulterated ,
- all abroad ,
- all off ,
- all wrong ,
- amateurish ,
- ament ,
- amiss ,
- amputee ,
- ape ,
- arrested ,
- askew ,
- astray ,
- at fault ,
- awful ,
- awry ,
- backward ,
- badly ,
- be short of ,
- below par ,
- beside the mark ,
- better ,
- big ,
- blamable ,
- blemish ,
- blockhead ,
- born fool ,
- broken-down ,
- bruised ,
- bumbling ,
- callow ,
- carve ,
- checked ,
- clot ,
- compartmentalise ,
- compartmentalize ,
- complaint ,
- confused ,
- corrupted ,
- corruptly ,
- crappy ,
- crazed ,
- cretin ,
- criminal ,
- criminally ,
- cripple ,
- crude ,
- crumby ,
- crummy ,
- debased ,
- decayed ,
- deceptive ,
- deface ,
- defect ,
- defectively ,
- defectiveness ,
- deficiency ,
- deflower ,
- deform ,
- deformity ,
- delusive ,
- deranged ,
- deviant ,
- deviative ,
- dilapidated ,
- dimwit ,
- dirtily ,
- disappointing ,
- disfigure ,
- disordered ,
- dissent ,
- dissolutely ,
- distort ,
- disturbed ,
- dolt ,
- dunce ,
- egregious ,
- embryonic ,
- emptily ,
- emptiness ,
- errant ,
- erring ,
- erroneously ,
- exceptional ,
- excess ,
- execrable ,
- failing ,
- fallible ,
- falsely ,
- fault ,
- faultily ,
- feeble ,
- flaw ,
- fool ,
- forged ,
- foully ,
- found wanting ,
- fragmentary ,
- fragmented ,
- frail ,
- frailty ,
- gimcrack ,
- golem ,
- grotty ,
- groundless ,
- half-assed ,
- half-witted ,
- handicapped ,
- handicapped person ,
- hard ,
- harmed ,
- haywire ,
- heretical ,
- heterodox ,
- high-risk ,
- hold high ,
- hollow ,
- hurt ,
- hypoplastic ,
- idiot ,
- illusory ,
- imbecile ,
- immature ,
- impair ,
- impaired ,
- imperfection ,
- imperfectly ,
- imperfectness ,
- impotent ,
- imprecise ,
- improper ,
- improperly ,
- in arrear ,
- in arrears ,
- in default ,
- in short supply ,
- inaccurately ,
- inadequacy ,
- inadequately ,
- inadequateness ,
- inappropriate ,
- incapable ,
- incompetent ,
- incompletely ,
- incongruously ,
- inconsistently ,
- incorrectly ,
- indifferent ,
- inexact ,
- infant ,
- infelicitous ,
- infirm ,
- injure ,
- injured ,
- insecure ,
- insufficiency ,
- insufficient ,
- insufficiently ,
- jerry-built ,
- juggins ,
- junky ,
- lacerate ,
- laid up ,
- lamely ,
- leaky ,
- lewdly ,
- lousy ,
- low quality ,
- low-grade ,
- maim ,
- makeshift ,
- malfunctioning ,
- matter ,
- meager ,
- meagre ,
- mediocre ,
- mentally deficient ,
- minus ,
- miserable ,
- missing ,
- mistakenly ,
- mixed ,
- moron ,
- mutilate ,
- non-standard ,
- nonexistent ,
- nonfunctional ,
- nonstandard ,
- not all there ,
- not bright ,
- not enough ,
- not right ,
- not working ,
- objection ,
- off ,
- off the track ,
- on the blink ,
- on the bum ,
- on the fritz ,
- out ,
- paralytic ,
- paraplegic ,
- part ,
- partial ,
- patchy ,
- pathetic ,
- peccant ,
- pending ,
- perfunctory ,
- perverse ,
- perverted ,
- piecemeal ,
- pimpled ,
- pimply ,
- poorly ,
- profligately ,
- protest ,
- quadriplegic ,
- raise high ,
- ramshackle ,
- regretful ,
- remove ,
- retarded ,
- rickety ,
- risky ,
- rough ,
- scabby ,
- scant ,
- scanty ,
- scarce ,
- scrappy ,
- second ,
- second-class ,
- seconds ,
- self-contradictory ,
- shabby ,
- shaky ,
- shoddy ,
- short ,
- short of ,
- short-handed ,
- shy ,
- sick ,
- simple ,
- simpleton ,
- sketchy ,
- skimpy ,
- slay ,
- slipshod ,
- sorry ,
- sparse ,
- specious ,
- speculative ,
- split ,
- spoilt ,
- straying ,
- subnormal ,
- substandard ,
- talentless ,
- third-rate ,
- too little ,
- tottering ,
- tough ,
- trick ,
- twisted ,
- unable ,
- unacceptable ,
- unbecomingly ,
- uncollectible ,
- uncompleted ,
- unconsummated ,
- underdeveloped ,
- undesirable ,
- undeveloped ,
- undone ,
- unequal to ,
- uneven ,
- unfactual ,
- unfit ,
- unfounded ,
- unhappy ,
- unhealthy ,
- unorthodox ,
- unperfected ,
- unprepared ,
- unprofessional ,
- unproved ,
- unqualified ,
- unsatisfying ,
- unscientific ,
- unsettled ,
- unstable ,
- unsteady ,
- unsuccessful ,
- unsuitable ,
- untenable ,
- unthorough ,
- untoward ,
- untrue ,
- unworthy ,
- vacancy ,
- vacuum ,
- vicious ,
- vilely ,
- vitiated ,
- wanting ,
- warped ,
- waster ,
- weak ,
- weakened ,
- wide ,
- wobbly ,
- worn ,
- wrongly .
- Dull-witted ,
- Qualmish ,
- Slivered ,
- YOYO ,
- bad ,
- birdbrained ,
- broken down ,
- chiffon ,
- coming unstuck ,
- cut rate ,
- cut-rate ,
- deficient ,
- doesn't wash ,
- dumdum ,
- erroneous ,
- fallen apart ,
- faulty ,
- fractured ,
- gone to pieces ,
- gone to pot ,
- gorked ,
- halfwitted ,
- halter ,
- hospitalized ,
- house of cards ,
- housebound ,
- imperfect ,
- in a bad way ,
- in disrepair ,
- in error ,
- in firm ,
- in pieces ,
- in poor health ,
- in the making ,
- in the rough ,
- in the shop ,
- laid-up ,
- lamebrained ,
- maladaptive ,
- mentally defective ,
- not functioning ,
- not good enough ,
- not so hot ,
- not up to par ,
- numbskull ,
- out of gas ,
- out of kilter ,
- out of place ,
- out of whack ,
- papery ,
- retardo ,
- rinkydink ,
- sick as a dog ,
- sidelined ,
- to be avoided ,
- unbacked ,
- unconcluded ,
- underachieving ,
- unlikable ,
- unpleasing ,
- unretentive ,
- unsound ,
- unwished for ,
- wrong ,
- yo-yo .
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How to use "Defective" in context?
A defective product is one that does not meet the established expectations of its users. Defective products can range from small issues, such as a broken or faulty part that does not meet the specifications for the product, to more serious defects, such as a product that is dangerous or does not meet environmental regulations.
Product defects can have a significant impact on a company's reputation and its ability to sell products. In some cases, a defective product may even cause serious injury or death. It is important for companies to track the number and type of defects found in their products in order to determine the causes and to make improvements to their manufacturing processes.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
faulty.
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Proper noun, singular
faulty.
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Noun, plural
faulty.
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Noun, singular or mass
faulty.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
abnormal, broken, damaged, defaced, devoid, disabled, distorted, dysfunctional, erratic, erroneous, false, handicapped, impaired, improper, inaccurate, inappropriate, inefficient, infirm, insufficient, irregular, misguided, problematic, questionable, rugged, spoilt, substandard, uneven, unsound, vitiated, wrong, Deteriorated, sub-standard.
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deficient, dilapidated, flawed, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, malfunctioning, mistaken, unsatisfactory, weak.
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Noun, singular or mass
malfunctioning.
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