defects
Meaning of defects
plural noun
- a shortcoming, imperfection, or lack.
genetic defects
the property is free from defect
late Middle English (as a noun, influenced by Old French defect ‘deficiency’): from Latin defectus, past participle of deficere ‘desert or fail’, from de- (expressing reversal) + facere ‘do’.
verb, 3rd person present- abandon one's country or cause in favour of an opposing one.
he defected to the Soviet Union after the war
late 16th century: from Latin defect- ‘failed’, from the verb deficere (see defect1).
Information about defects
- The singular form of defects is: defect.
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Hyphenation of defects
de-fects
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- defects is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
defects synonyms
Meaning an unattractive or unsatisfactory feature, especially in a piece of work or in a person's character:
Meaning a mark, blemish, or other imperfection which mars a substance or object:
Meaning a fault, blemish, or undesirable feature:
Meaning a failing or shortcoming:
Meaning a disadvantage or fault:
Meaning the state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required:
Meaning a fault or failure to meet a certain standard, typically in a person's character, a plan, or a system:
Meaning a condition of limited ability; a defect or failing:
Meaning a weakness, especially in a person's character; a shortcoming:
Meaning the action of obstructing or the state of being obstructed:
Meaning an unexpected or hidden obstacle or drawback:
Meaning a flaw or obstacle in a plan, operation, etc:
Meaning a deformed part, especially of the body; a malformation:
Meaning a small mark or flaw which spoils the appearance of something:
Meaning a trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality:
Meaning a line on the surface of something along which it has split without breaking apart:
Meaning an interruption of continuity or uniformity:
Meaning a hole or split in something caused by it having been pulled apart forcefully:
Meaning a tear, crack, or fissure in something, especially down the middle or along the grain:
Meaning a mark or wound made by scratching:
Meaning a small piece of something removed in the course of chopping, cutting, or breaking a hard material such as wood or stone:
Meaning the cracking or breaking of a hard object or material:
Meaning a small round or roundish mark, differing in colour or texture from the surface around it:
Meaning an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong:
Meaning a mistake:
Meaning an error in a computer program or system:
Meaning an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host:
Meaning a sudden, usually temporary malfunction or fault of equipment:
Meaning an imaginary mischievous sprite regarded as responsible for an unexplained mechanical or electronic problem or fault:
Meaning illegally leave the armed forces:
Meaning rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader:
Meaning go back on a promise, undertaking, or contract:
Meaning leave hurriedly and secretly, typically to escape from custody or avoid arrest:
Meaning leave (a place), usually permanently:
Meaning break free from confinement or control:
Meaning renounce a religious or political belief or principle:
Meaning cease to support or look after (someone); desert:
Meaning formally declare one's abandonment of (a claim, right, or possession):
Meaning refuse to accept; reject:
Meaning abandon or leave:
Meaning make conflicting or evasive statements; equivocate:
Words that rhyme with defects
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