defectiveness

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When I look at photographs of my 22-year-old self, so convinced of her own defectiveness, I see a perfectly normal girl and I think about aliens.

From The Guardian • May 8, 2016

The standard reactions to her artistic defectiveness were masochistic joy and a perverse desire to share the spectacularly failed artwork with others.

From Slate • Jan. 23, 2013

In his grief he turns round and abuses the defectiveness of the geological record, which he says he could never have suspected of being so defective but for this failure to meet his drafts.

From Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity by Patterson, Robert

If McClellan ever moves this army, then the defectiveness of his staff may occasion losses and even disasters.

From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count

This flattening under test naturally drew attention to the defectiveness of girder stays.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua