Sentence examples for be defective from inspiring English sources

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be defective

adjective

Having one or more defects.

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Occasionally, both copies of a gene can be defective.

It can itself be defective and stupid but does not prosper when it is consistently so.

Thousands returned the record, hearing white noise and thinking it must be defective.

However, if the Fire Department merely drafts an improved written exam, the solution will still be defective.

For now, as Mr. Roberts sums up in this affecting report, Samantha is deemed to be "defective merchandise".

It later recalled 4.5 million vehicles in which the pedals themselves were determined to be defective.

The Hubble's biggest problem was also the mirror: it was found to be defective after launching and later had to be corrected by installation of special lenses.

To prohibit two people from having sex because their offspring may be "defective" or "inferior" is to adopt the standpoint of a eugenicist.

Someone fortunately recognized the symptoms and, he went on, the heating system in his coach house apartment was found to be defective.

In a nutshell, you should get a replacement or a refund if an item turns out to be "defective, damaged, not as described, or received late".

The report stopped short of saying the plates might be defective, noting that the auditors did not conduct independent testing.

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