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defect
noun
1 defect
2 defect
A failing or deficiency:
— That interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information.
synonym: shortcoming.
Roget 53:
incompleteness
etc.
adj.;
deficiency,
short measure;
shortcoming
etc.
304;
insufficiency
etc.
640;
imperfection
etc.
651;
immaturity
etc.
(nonpreparation)
674;
half measures.
[part wanting]
defect,
deficit,
defalcation,
omission;
caret;
shortage;
interval
etc.
198;
break
etc.
(discontinuity)
70;
noncompletion
etc.
730;
missing link.
missing piece,
missing part,
gap,
hole,
lacuna.
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Dutch: tekortkoming
Polish: wadliwość, defekt, skaza
3 defect
An imperfection in an object or machine:
— If there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer.
synonyms: fault, flaw.
Roget 651:
imperfection;
imperfectness
etc.
adj.;
deficiency;
inadequacy
etc.
(insufficiency)
640;
peccancy
etc.
(badness)
649†;
immaturity
etc.
674.
fault,
defect,
weak point;
screw loose;
flaw
etc.
(break)
70;
gap
etc.
198;
twist
etc.
243;
taint,
attainder;
bar sinister,
hole in one's coat;
blemish
etc.
848;
weakness
etc.
160;
half blood;
shortcoming
etc.
304;
drawback;
seamy side.
mediocrity;
no great shakes,
no great catch;
not much to boast of;
one-horse shay.
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Roget 848:
blemish,
disfigurement,
deformity;
adactylism†;
flaw,
defect
etc.
(imperfection)
651;
injury
etc.
(deterioration)
659;
spots on the sun†;
eyesore.
stain,
blot;
spot,
spottiness;
speck,
speckle,
blur.
tarnish,
smudge;
dirt
etc.
653.
[blemish on a person's skin: list]
freckle,
mole,
macula [Anat.],
patch,
blotch,
birthmark;
blobber lip†,
blubber lip;
blain†,
maculation;
scar,
wem†;
pustule;
whelk;
excrescence,
pimple
etc.
(protuberance)
250.
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Roget 945:
vice;
evil-doing,
evil courses;
wrongdoing;
wickedness,
viciousness
etc.
adj.;
iniquity,
peccability†,
demerit;
sin,
Adam†;
old Adam†,
offending Adam†.
immorality,
impropriety,
indecorum,
scandal,
laxity,
looseness of morals;
enphagy†,
dophagy†,
exophagy†;
want of principle,
want of ballast;
obliquity,
backsliding,
infamy,
demoralization,
pravity†,
depravity,
pollution;
hardness of heart;
brutality
etc.
(malevolence)
907;
corruption
etc.
(debasement)
659;
knavery
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
profligacy;
flagrancy,
atrocity;
cannibalism;
lesbianism,
Sadism.
infirmity;
weakness
etc.
adj.;
weakness of the flesh,
frailty,
imperfection;
error;
weak side;
foible;
failing,
failure;
crying sin,
besetting sin;
defect,
deficiency;
cloven foot.
lowest dregs of vice,
sink of iniquity,
Alsatian den†;
gusto picaresco [It].
fault,
crime;
criminality
etc.
(guilt)
947.
sinner
etc.
949.
[Resorts]
brothel
etc.
961;
gambling house
etc.
621;
joint [Slang],
opium den,
shooting gallery,
crack house.
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Dutch: mankement, gebrek, fout, defect
Polish: brak, niedostatek, niedociągnięcie, uchybienie
4 defect
A mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).
synonyms: blemish, mar.
Polish: stempel, znamię
verb
1 defect
Desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
synonym: desert.
Dutch: afvallen, apostaseren, deserteren, drossen, overlopen
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