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| botch |
a clumsy or defective piece of workmanship. [1/3 definitions] |
| callback |
the recall of a defective or unsafe product. [1/3 definitions] |
| consumerism |
a movement that attempts to protect consumers from defective or harmful goods and services and from unfair business practices such as deceptive advertising. [1/2 definitions] |
| cretin |
a very stupid or mentally defective person. [1/2 definitions] |
| destruct |
the act of destroying a missile or rocket, esp. a defective one just after launch. [1/3 definitions] |
| eyeglass |
(pl.) two glass or plastic lenses in a frame that has a bridge resting on the nose and extensions hooked around the ears, used to correct defective vision; glasses; spectacles. [1/4 definitions] |
| flaw1 |
to become defective or cracked. [1/5 definitions] |
| lame |
impaired or defective in movement or operation, esp. because of soreness. [1/4 definitions] |
| lemon |
(informal) a defective or unsatisfactory thing of its kind; dud. [1/5 definitions] |
| maim |
to make useless or defective; impair. [1/2 definitions] |
| mend |
to correct or improve (defects or defective behavior). [1/4 definitions] |
| prosthesis |
the replacement of a defective or missing bodily limb or other part with an artificial substitute. [1/2 definitions] |
| reject |
something discarded or returned as being defective or inadequate. [1/5 definitions] |
| stutter |
to operate or move with a rapid, jarring repetition of motion, as a defective machine or the faulty brakes of an automobile. [1/5 definitions] |
| warranty |
a document given to the buyer of an article in which the maker agrees, within a limited period of time, to repair or replace the article if it is defective. [1/3 definitions] |
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