Definizione monolingua

defective

defective (plural defectives)

1. A person considered to be defective.
   • 2007 January 15, Bernard E. Harcourt, “The Mentally Ill, Behind Bars”, New York Times:

     There were many more kinds of mental institutions at mid-century, ones for “mental defectives and epileptics” and the mentally retarded, psychiatric wards in veterans hospitals, as well as “psychopathic” and private mental hospitals.

defective (comparative more defective, superlative most defective)

1. Having one or more defects.
2. (grammar, of a verb) lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

Definizione dizionario defective

difettoso

avarìa

difettivo

guasto

imperfetto

manchevole

rotto

Altri significati:

having one or more defects

(grammar, of a verb) lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.

Having one or more defects.

Containing one error or several errors.

A person considered to be defective.

having only some tenses