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defective

[dih-fek-tiv] / dɪˈfɛk tɪv /


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Gruffydd Williams said: "The council should apologise profusely... for the losses they have caused by presenting defective papers to the cabinet."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The sixth, defective core was disabled, leaving a still good chip and allowing them to be used in the MacBook Neo.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

In her vision, Warhol’s Factory is a literal assembly line, where actors and artists come to be molded and assembled into products, only to be cast out when they’re deemed defective.

From Salon • Apr. 29, 2026

Most alarmingly, courts have wielded the statute to crush lawsuits that accuse social media companies of negligently providing a defective product.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

"They've got their nerve selling defective puzzles," I said.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg




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