Definition of defect

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Defect (n.) Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

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Balbuties :: Balbuties (n.) The defect of stammering; also, a kind of incomplete pronunciation..
Indefectible :: Indefectible (a.) Not defectible; unfailing; not liable to defect, failure, or decay..
Faultless :: Faultless (a.) Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem..
Clear :: Clear (superl.) Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber..
Defect :: Defect (n.) Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment..
Blind :: Blind (a.) Not having the faculty of discernment; destitute of intellectual light; unable or unwilling to understand or judge; as, authors are blind to their own defects..
Presbyopia :: Presbyopia () A defect of vision consequent upon advancing age. It is due to rigidity of the crystalline lens, which produces difficulty of accommodation and recession of the near point of vision, so that objects very near the eyes can not be seen distinctly without the use of convex glasses. Called also presbytia..
Hiatus :: Hiatus (n.) An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break..
Mutilous :: Mutilous (a.) Mutilated; defective; imperfect.
Sand-blind :: Sand-blind (a.) Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind.
Amnesia :: Amnesia (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ..
Defectibility :: Defectibility (n.) Deficiency; imperfection.
Weakness :: Weakness (n.) That which is a mark of lack of strength or resolution; a fault; a defect.
Incompleteness :: Incompleteness (n.) The state of being incomplete; imperfectness; defectiveness.
Contrast :: Contrast (v. t.) To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past..
Yead :: Yead (v. i.) Properly, a variant of the defective imperfect yode, but sometimes mistaken for a present. See the Note under Yede..
Flawy :: Flawy (a.) Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty.
Defectuous :: Defectuous (a.) Full of defects; imperfect.
Conjecture :: Conjecture (n.) An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion..
Bad :: Bad (superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news..
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