Defectiveness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d['e]fectif.
     See {Defect}.]
     1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part;
        deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural
        or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective
        timber; a defective copy or account; a defective


        character; defective rules.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or
        conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. --
        {De*fect"ive*ly}, adv. -- {De*fect"ive*ness}, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  defectiveness
       n : the state of being defective [syn: {faultiness}]