Sentence examples for the defective from inspiring English sources

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the defective

adjective

Having one or more defects.

synonyms

Exact(58)

b Zoom of the defective layer (a); d is the distance between defects.

The Defective Detectives.

Results showed she had the defective gene.

The defective alternator is the financial system.

And what is to be done with the defective refrigerator?

The defective gene's RNA, they suggest, interferes with the RNA produced by the normal gene, which may help explain why the defective gene is dominant.

Even the defective supermarket oil had become much less offensive.

The drug PLX4032 binds to the defective protein, deactivating it.

Second, Mr. Letta must change the defective electoral system.

The defective offspring reproduce slower than their ancestors.

McNeil later instituted a formal recall of the defective Motrin.

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