English to English
adjective
- 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.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- Anything that is defective or lacking in some respect.
source: Webster 1913
adjective satellite
- having a defect
I returned the appliance because it was defective.
source: WordNet 3.0
- markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
Defective speech.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not working properly
A bad telephone connection.
A defective appliance.
source: WordNet 3.0
English to Tagalog
adj
- [diféctiv] May kulang; hindî ganap; may kapintasan
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog