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Discover LudwigThe phrase "defective in" is correct and usable in written English.
It is often used to indicate that something lacks a certain quality or ability. For example, "The software was found to be defective in its ability to process large datasets."
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"We are not ready," Smith wrote, "to suspect any person of being defective in selfishness".
How do you say "this product is defective" in every language?
"The organization of the team is defective in that it pays little attention to at-risk riders," continued the report.
So I took a yeast mutant that couldn't divide because it was defective in the controlling gene.
It implies that love of humanity and compassion are defective in places that cry out for "our" intercession.
Perhaps the degradation of XA is defective in migraine.
Moreover, ral1 is also defective in auxin sensation and response.
Also neural fold closure is defective in Mesp1 embryos (B and B1).
Animals defective in both SynMuv A and SynMuv B genes display a multi-vulva (Muv) phenotype.
Animals defective in both SynMuv A and SynMuv B genes display a multivulva (Muv) phenotype.
The ral1 mutant is defective in vascular pattern development both during embryogenesis and postembryonically.
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