Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being defective; imperfection; faultiness.
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- noun The state or quality of being
defective .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the state of being defective
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Examples
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Thereafter, the emergence of prohibited emotion is experienced as a failure to embody the required ideal, an exposure of the underlying essential defectiveness or badness, and is accompanied by feelings of isolation, shame and self-loathing.
Robert D. Stolorow: What Is Character and How Does it Change? Robert D. Stolorow 2012
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Usually brain pan capacity is reduced, and mental defectiveness is obvious, in spelling, syntax, fixation on outdated ideas, and insistence on laughing (yuk-yuk) at their own unfunny jokes.
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Thereafter, the emergence of prohibited emotion is experienced as a failure to embody the required ideal, an exposure of the underlying essential defectiveness or badness, and is accompanied by feelings of isolation, shame and self-loathing.
Robert D. Stolorow: What Is Character and How Does it Change? Robert D. Stolorow 2012
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Unabashed in its assertion of heart amidst perpetually complex and highly-integrated displays of structured defectiveness that are ingeniously and rhythmically played out through relatable everyday situations, this multi-dimensional testament to the complexity, ridiculousness and awkward clumsiness of multi-tiered family relations strikes a sentimental chord on just the right frequency.
Hulu.com: The Top 10 TV Comedies of 2011 Hulu.com 2011
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Usually brain pan capacity is reduced, and mental defectiveness is obvious, in spelling, syntax, fixation on outdated ideas, and insistence on laughing (yuk-yuk) at their own unfunny jokes.
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Thereafter, the emergence of prohibited emotion is experienced as a failure to embody the required ideal, an exposure of the underlying essential defectiveness or badness, and is accompanied by feelings of isolation, shame and self-loathing.
Robert D. Stolorow: What Is Character and How Does it Change? Robert D. Stolorow 2012
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Simultaneously, some studies indicate that the priority of developing phonemic awareness instruction before formal reading instruction would benefit for children with reading defectiveness.
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SF can and often does function as analysis through conceit, the future re-presenting the present, defamiliarising it in order to expose its faults, to allow "the defectiveness of the ruling paradigm to be seen whole".
Narrative Grammars Hal Duncan 2008
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SF can and often does function as analysis through conceit, the future re-presenting the present, defamiliarising it in order to expose its faults, to allow "the defectiveness of the ruling paradigm to be seen whole".
Archive 2008-01-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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The cause of the Party's defectiveness must be found.
Autumn Thomas Plastino Martin 2010
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