The phrase "almost defective" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is nearly faulty or not functioning properly, but not completely so.
Example: "The product was almost defective, with only minor issues that could be easily fixed."
Alternatives: "nearly faulty" or "partially malfunctioning".
The "Exterminate!" battle cry foregrounds the sinister and threatening side of the Daleks, while their narrow field of vision makes them almost comically defective.
Mutant proteins are almost always defective for sequence-specific DNA binding, and thus for transactivation of genes upregulated by the wild-type protein [ 3].
Interestingly, the G68P mutant, which was almost completely defective in cleaving HA-MBP-RseA148, efficiently cleaved HA-MBP-RseA LY1 148 HA-MBP-RseA LY1 148 HA-MBP-RseA LY1 148d more profound effects on the cleavage of HA-MBP-YqfG than on the cleavage of the other 2 model substrates.
The company is very accommodating, replacing almost overnight one defective part that came in the kit.
Mother Nature is a very caring obstetrician, insuring that almost all the defective fetuses are aborted in utero.
Working almost exclusively with defective leather material she knows as "dry cuft"—thick cowhide castoff from the leather manufacturing industry Schrenk finds beauty in the natural and effected flaws visible in the processed flesh she salvages.
The "can't-tell" class was used for two distinct situations: where the annotator could not tell because the data was defective (almost always due to a fault in the sentence segmenter of our search script), and where the annotator could not tell because the example was genuinely ambiguous or otherwise unclear.
Moreover, WT P14 transfer almost entirely rescued defective virus control associated with the absence of BATF.
The almost fully arrest-defective phenotype of fs35 60 indicated that the segment 35 60 contained some arrest-essential element.
When they finally met about 60 mile from Bangalore, Cornwallis described Teige Wunt's cavalry as "extremely defective in almost every point of military discipline", and their presence in the army ultimately presented more difficulties than assistance.
