be defective
Example Sentences
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In addition to some of ITER’s components arriving far behind schedule, some of that machinery also turned out to be defective.
From Scientific American • Jun. 15, 2023
You might expect such growth to be defective or even cancerous - but detailed analysis showed it was both healthy and functional, complete with the usual array of blood vessels and bile ducts.
From BBC • Nov. 15, 2022
Specifically, the case stokes fears that customers might wear a smartwatch on a flight, not knowing that the battery may be defective.
From The Verge • May 2, 2022
Legal representatives for the officers as well as police union officials have claimed that the less-lethal beanbag rounds used to quell the riot were known by the department to be defective.
From Fox News • Feb. 18, 2022
The syntax can be defective, convoluted, ambiguous; these are flaws that can be prevented by an awareness of the treelike nature of a sentence.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
