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defective

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defective in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. not working properly
    "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
    bad  defective 
  2. markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior
    "defective speech"
    defective 
  3. having a defect
    "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
    defective  faulty 
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