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Defenition of the word defect

    • Defenition of the word defect

      • A fault or malfunction.
      • An imperfection in a device or machine.
      • Unfortunate original gap in comparison with the ideal or expected state.
      • a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
      • an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs"
      • as of an organization, a country or an army
      • an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"
      • a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"
      • a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person''s body); "a facial blemish"
      • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army; "If soldiers deserted Hitler''s army, they were shot"
      • a failing or deficiency
      • an imperfection in a bodily system
      • an imperfection in an object or machine
      • desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

    Synonyms for the word defect

      • blemish
      • bug
      • damage
      • desert
      • fault
      • flaw
      • red
      • shortcoming
      • stain

    Hyponyms for the word defect

      • birth defect
      • birthmark
      • blackhead
      • blister
      • blot
      • bug
      • burn
      • burn mark
      • chatter mark
      • check
      • chip
      • comedo
      • congenital abnormality
      • congenital anomaly
      • congenital defect
      • congenital disorder
      • crack
      • daub
      • dent
      • ding
      • glitch
      • gouge
      • hole
      • mark
      • milium
      • mole
      • myelatelia
      • nevus
      • nick
      • rat
      • scar
      • scrape
      • scratch
      • slur
      • smear
      • smirch
      • smudge
      • spot
      • stigma
      • verruca
      • wart
      • whitehead

    Hypernyms for the word defect

      • appearance
      • disadvantage
      • flee
      • fly
      • imperfection
      • imperfectness
      • take flight
      • ugliness
      • visual aspect

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