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The phrase "a defective man" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a man who has flaws or shortcomings, either in a physical, mental, or moral sense.
Example: "Despite his many talents, he often felt like a defective man, struggling with insecurities that held him back."
Alternatives: "an imperfect man" or "a flawed man."
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For most of Christian history, theologians held to Aristotle's view that a woman is essentially a defective man, inferior by nature — an argument that mortifies today's complementarians.
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Mr. Murakami said he had become bored writing about urban dwellers in their 20's and 30's, and so in "Kafka" he decided to create two different types: a 15-year-old boy named Kafka Tamura, who runs away from home to rural western Japan; and a mentally defective man in his 60's, Satoru Nakata, who has the ability to talk to cats.
Other popular figures such as Julian Huxley (Aldous's older brother), a professional zoologist, were convinced that Britain faced "race suicide": "Every defective man, woman and child is a burden," Huxley feared, who would eventually "drag us down".
Many in the GOP seem to think women are basically defective men, creatures with weird body parts that lead us to demand special treatment free birth control to have all the sex we want, paid vacation in order to have babies.
Several men in this family had a defective MAOA gene--none of the enzyme was found in their cerebrospinal fluid--and were prone to impulsive bouts of aggression.
Ms Gillard's legislative record was better than Mr Rudd's (she introduced the carbon tax), but the party barons ousted her this year and reinstalled Mr Rudd, in the hope that he could work his old magic with voters.The choice between a man with a defective manifesto and one with a defective personality is not appealing but Mr Rudd gets our vote, largely because of Labor's decent record.
The incidence of Leydig cell tumors in men who have a defective androgen receptor that makes them insensitive to androgens is considerably higher than for men without this syndrome (2.3% vs. ∼ 0.00004%).
In June or July in 1989, Mr. Fischer recalled, he was installing shelves under the countertops at a Strathmore shop when Mr. Steuerman was furiously arguing with a man who had supplied a defective oven.
Three men were initially identified with a defective Ca2+ influx.
"A man with a deformed personality and a defective intellect runs a dysfunctional administration," as Bret Stephens writes.
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