Hypertext Webster Gateway: "defectiveness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d['e]fectif.
See {Defect}.]
1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part;
deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural
or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective
timber; a defective copy or account; a defective
character; defective rules.
2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or
conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. --
{De*fect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {De*fect"ive*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
defectiveness
n : the state of being defective [syn: {faultiness}]
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