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Webster 1913 Edition
Defective
1.
Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; – applied either to natural or moral qualities;
as, a
defective
limb; defective
timber; a defective
copy or account; a defective
character; defective
rules.2.
(Gram.)
Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation;
– as, a
. defective
noun or verbDe-fect′ive-ly
, adv.
De-fect′ive-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Defective
DEFECTIVE
, a.1.
Wanting either in substance, quantity or quality, or in any thing necessary; imperfect; as a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or book; a defective account. Defective articulation, in speaking, renders utterance indistinct.2.
Wanting in moral qualities; faulty; blamable; not conforming to rectitude or rule; as a defective character.3.
In grammar, a defective noun is one which wants a whole number or a particular case; an indeclinable noun.4.
A defective verb, is one which wants some of the tenses.