defectively

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The lawsuit argues both platforms were defectively designed and engaged in false marketing about safety for young users and so should be held liable for the harm young John Doe came to.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

The judge, though, dismissed some claims that the defendants' platforms were defectively designed.

From Reuters • Nov. 14, 2023

Austin Bartlett, a Chicago attorney representing the families of 60 of the crash victims, said the report “lends credibility to the plaintiffs’ theory of the case that this was fundamentally a defectively designed aircraft.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 25, 2019

Last year, a jury found that the mower was defectively designed and awarded Isabelle $12.25 million, holding Deere 78 percent responsible for the damages.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2019

In the whole range of school exercises, there is none of greater importance than that of parsing; and yet perhaps there is none which is, in general, more defectively conducted.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold