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Meaning
Adj
●
Having one or more defects.
●
In Grammar:
Lacking some
forms
; e.g; having only one
tense
or being
usable
only in the
third
person.
●
Having a
root
whose
final
consonant
is
weak
(ي, و, or ء).
●
In Orthography:
Not
capable
of
representing
all the
phonemic
distinctions
of
a language
it
is used to
write.
●
Spelled without
matres lectionis
,
for example
אמץ (ómets, “courage”)
as opposed to
the
plene
spelling
אומץ where the
letter
vav
⟨ו⟩
indicates
the
vowel
o.
Adv
●
Without
matres lectionis
(letters
indicating
vowels
)
written
out.
Noun
●
A person or
thing
considered to be defective.
●
A
word
written
without
matres lectionis
(letters
indicating
vowels).
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Antonyms
Complete
Perfect
Undefective
Plene
Related
Deficient
Malfunctioning
Damaged
Broken
Flawed
Inadequate
Incorrect
Nonfunctional
Abnormal
Invalid
Unstable
Inoperable
Insufficient
Dysfunctional
Incomplete
Inaccurate
Ineffective
Substandard
Unsafe
Malformed
Inappropriate
Deformed
Useless
False
Malfunction
Wrong
Imperfect
Improper
Unrepairable
Unusable
Missing
Unacceptable
Unreliable
Inefficient
Unsatisfactory
Miswired
Misaligned
Failed
Inoperative
Erroneous
Inconsistent
Obsolete
Fraudulent
Redundant
Absent
Dangerous
Irrelevant
Weak
Dud
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Rhymes
Ejective
Elective
Erective
Affective
Rejective
Objective
Bijective
Infective
Directive
Injective
Effective
Defective
Selective
Refective
Detective
Advective
Invective
Connective
Corrective
Surjective
Convective
Protective
Projective
Inspective
Perfective
Inflective
Respective
Subjective
Reflective
Deflective
Collective
Ineffective
Prospective
Unselective
Unreflective
Imperfective
Intellective
Irrespective
Retrospective
Introspective
Overprotective
Intersubjective
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