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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

It can reaffirm that product liability requires a defective product or inadequate warning—not judicial oversight of R&D timelines.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 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

Moreover, if this trade-off is not acknowledged, there is a tendency to deny or cover up the inevitable defective items, which makes the job of quality control that much more difficult.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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