Australian English Meaning of defect

Fault

Other Australian English words related to Fault

Definitions and Meaning of defect in English

Wordnet

defect (n)

an imperfection in a bodily system

a failing or deficiency

an imperfection in an object or machine

a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

Wordnet

defect (v)

desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

Webster

defect (n.)

Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.

Webster

defect (v. i.)

To fail; to become deficient.

Webster

defect (v. t.)

To injure; to damage.

FAQs About the word defect

Fault

an imperfection in a bodily system, a failing or deficiency, an imperfection in an object or machine, a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (es

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