What is another word for defectiveness?
366 synonyms found
What is a defect?
What is a product defect?
How do you know a product is defective?
Pronunciation:
[ dɪfˈɛktɪvnəs], [ dɪfˈɛktɪvnəs], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_k_t_ɪ_v_n_ə_s]
Defectiveness refers to the quality of being flawed or imperfect. Synonyms for this word include inadequacy, impurity, deficiency, uselessness, faultiness, and inferiority. These words represent various aspects of imperfection or insufficiency, and can be used interchangeably with defectiveness to describe something's shortcomings. Inadequacy refers to something's inability to meet a certain standard, impurity suggests that there are impurities or flaws present, deficiency means a shortage of something required or desired, while faultiness implies weaknesses or faults in design or construction. Uselessness suggests something lacks any practical purpose, while inferiority refers to something being of lower quality in comparison to others.
Related words: defective products
Related questions:
Synonyms for Defectiveness:
-
n.
• impurity • inadequacy • shortfall • state Other relevant words:
- aberrance ,
- aberrancy ,
- amiss ,
- ask ,
- averageness ,
- awkwardness ,
- awry ,
- backwardness ,
- bad ,
- blame ,
- blank ,
- blob ,
- blunder ,
- boob ,
- breach ,
- break ,
- call for ,
- claudication ,
- clumsiness ,
- col ,
- computer error ,
- conjuration ,
- conjuring trick ,
- constipation ,
- correct ,
- crack ,
- crack-up ,
- criminal offence ,
- criminal offense ,
- damage ,
- daub ,
- deadening ,
- debility ,
- decay ,
- deception ,
- declension ,
- declination ,
- declivity ,
- decomposition ,
- deface ,
- default on ,
- default option ,
- deformation ,
- deletion ,
- demand ,
- departure ,
- depression ,
- dereliction ,
- descent ,
- desert ,
- desire ,
- despair ,
- deterioration ,
- deviance ,
- diminution ,
- disability ,
- disablement ,
- disfigure ,
- dislocation ,
- disruption ,
- distorted shape ,
- downslope ,
- drop the ball ,
- drop-off ,
- dross ,
- economic crisis ,
- embezzlement ,
- equipment failure ,
- erroneous belief ,
- erroneousness ,
- evil ,
- exiguity ,
- exit ,
- expiration ,
- faithlessness ,
- fall ,
- fall off ,
- falling off ,
- falloff ,
- false belief ,
- falsehood ,
- famishment ,
- fancy ,
- fantasy ,
- faulty ,
- feebleness ,
- fickleness ,
- fleck ,
- flunk ,
- fracture ,
- frailness ,
- gameness ,
- geological fault ,
- gimp ,
- gimpiness ,
- go down ,
- going ,
- goof ,
- hallucination ,
- handicap ,
- harm ,
- haywire ,
- head game ,
- helplessness ,
- heterodoxy ,
- hollowness ,
- idiocy ,
- ill-timed ,
- illness ,
- immatureness ,
- impoverishment ,
- improper ,
- impuissance ,
- impureness ,
- inability ,
- inadvertence ,
- inappositeness ,
- inconstancy ,
- incorrect ,
- incorrectly ,
- indigence ,
- ineffectuality ,
- inefficaciousness ,
- ineptness ,
- iniquity ,
- insincerity ,
- intermission ,
- involve ,
- job ,
- juvenile delinquency ,
- lapse ,
- law-breaking ,
- leanness ,
- legal injury ,
- legerdemain ,
- limping ,
- loser ,
- low quality ,
- lower rank ,
- lower status ,
- magic ,
- magic trick ,
- maladroitness ,
- malady ,
- mar ,
- meagreness ,
- mendicancy ,
- mental retardation ,
- minor ,
- misappropriation ,
- misconstrual ,
- misplay ,
- miss ,
- mistake ,
- mistaking ,
- misunderstanding ,
- moronity ,
- motivation ,
- motive ,
- nausea ,
- necessitate ,
- nonaged ,
- nonpayment ,
- nonremittal ,
- nonstarter ,
- opening ,
- optical aberration ,
- overrefinement ,
- partitioning ,
- pass up ,
- passing ,
- pauperism ,
- pauperization ,
- pause ,
- peculation ,
- penury ,
- personnel casualty ,
- phantasy ,
- poorness ,
- postulate ,
- privation ,
- psychotic belief ,
- putrefaction ,
- red ,
- refuse ,
- reject ,
- release ,
- require ,
- retardation ,
- rot ,
- rotting ,
- scantness ,
- second-rater ,
- semblance ,
- sexual perversion ,
- shift ,
- sine ,
- sinfulness ,
- sink ,
- sinning ,
- skip ,
- slack ,
- slide down ,
- sloppiness ,
- slouch ,
- slowness ,
- slur ,
- smear ,
- smirch ,
- smudge ,
- smuttiness ,
- softness ,
- spot ,
- spread ,
- stain ,
- starving ,
- straining ,
- stultification ,
- superintendence ,
- supervising ,
- supervision ,
- suspension ,
- take ,
- torture ,
- transgress ,
- trespass ,
- trick ,
- trouble ,
- turn down ,
- twisting ,
- uncleanness ,
- unfavorable position ,
- unkemptness ,
- unseasonable ,
- unsuccessful person ,
- unsuitability ,
- untimely ,
- unwellness ,
- variability ,
- vice ,
- wane ,
- wickedness ,
- willful neglect ,
- wish ,
- wishing ,
- worsen ,
- worthlessness ,
- wrongdoing ,
- wrongfulness ,
- wrongly .
- Arrearage ,
- Incompletion ,
- Misjudgment ,
- Self-contradiction ,
- aberration ,
- absence ,
- amentia ,
- arrears ,
- bankruptcy ,
- beggary ,
- blot ,
- breakdown ,
- chasm ,
- crime ,
- dearth ,
- decline ,
- defalcation ,
- default ,
- defect ,
- defective ,
- deficiency ,
- deficit ,
- delinquency ,
- delusion ,
- demerit ,
- deprivation ,
- desperation ,
- destitution ,
- distortion ,
- drought ,
- errancy ,
- error ,
- failing ,
- failure ,
- fallacy ,
- falseness ,
- falsity ,
- famine ,
- fault ,
- faultiness ,
- flaw ,
- frailty ,
- gap ,
- heresy ,
- hopelessness ,
- illusion ,
- immaturity ,
- impairment ,
- imperfectness ,
- inaccuracy ,
- inadequacy ,
- inadequateness ,
- incompetence ,
- incompleteness ,
- inferiority ,
- infirmity ,
- insufficiency ,
- interruption ,
- lack ,
- lacuna ,
- mediocrity ,
- mental deficiency ,
- misapplication ,
- misconstruction ,
- misfeasance ,
- misinterpretation ,
- need ,
- omission ,
- oversight ,
- perversion ,
- problem ,
- shortage ,
- shortcoming ,
- shortfall ,
- sin ,
- slump ,
- starvation ,
- subnormality ,
- unevenness ,
- unorthodoxy ,
- untruth ,
- want ,
- weakness ,
- wrong .
How to use "Defectiveness" in context?
Defectiveness is a very personal quality, and can be interpreted in many different ways. To some, it may simply mean that someone is not always consistent or reliable; to others, it may stand for a general aversion to fulfilling one's responsibilities. Defectiveness can often be traced back to unresolved conflicts or Issues from childhood, which may have left the individual feeling unsupported or inadequate.
Word of the Day
standstills
- Standstill refers to a momentary pause or point of time where there is no movement or activity happening. There are several synonyms for the word standstill, including halt, stoppa...
