Definition of Defective

broken, flawed, or imperfect according to something’s designated purpose

Examples of Defective in a sentence

The stove we have is defective, as it cannot activate two of its four burners even though we just bought it a few days ago.  🔊

A defective refrigerator will be unable to keep the goods inside of it cold until the issue in its components has been fixed.  🔊

The difference in broken and defective is usually that a defective product is flawed straight out of the factory.  🔊

I bought a pair of headphones at the store yesterday, but they only play sound out of one ear, so they must be defective.  🔊

I own a defective phone charger that will only charge my device if I have it resting in a certain position.  🔊

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