Defective may refer to::
- Defective matrix, in algebra
- Defective verb, in linguistics
- Defective, or haser, in Hebrew orthography, a spelling variant that does not include mater lectionis
- Something presenting an anomaly making it unfunctional
Famous quotes containing the word defective:
“Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.”
—P.D. (Phyllis Dorothy)
“A defective voice will always preclude an artist from achieving the complete development of his art, however intelligent he may be.... The voice is an instrument which the artist must learn to use with suppleness and sureness, as if it were a limb.”
—Sarah Bernhardt (1845–1923)
“The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.”
—Marcus Tullius Cicero (106–43 B.C.)