Sekirov Dictionary

defective

/dɪˈfɛktɪv/

adjective 5
noun 2
adverb 1
forms 3

adjective5

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Having one or more defects.
- If the workmanship is defective, they'll replace the shoes with a new pair.
- Artillery officers sometimes have defective hearing.
Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o.
Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).

noun2

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A person or thing considered to be defective.
- It is an offence, subject to the exception mentioned in this section, for a person to procure a woman who is a defective to have unlawful sexual intercourse in any part of the world. — 1956
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A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels).
- Thus, in the Pentateuch and in the earlier prophets the plenes are counted, whilst in the later prophets the defectives are enumerated. — 2011

adverb1

Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out.

forms

defectives · more defective · most defective

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