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1. defect
noun. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] an imperfection in a bodily system.
Synonyms
- congenital disorder
- congenital anomaly
- imperfectness
- imperfection
- birth defect
- congenital abnormality
- myelatelia
Antonyms
- beauty
- ugliness
- disappearance
- nonattendance
Etymology
- defaicte (Middle English (1100-1500))
- defectus (Latin)
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Rhymes with Defect
- teleconnect
- overprotect
- interconnect
- disrespect
- reinspect
- misdirect
- disinfect
- disconnect
- reconnect
- recollect
- nondirect
- interject
- disaffect
- suspect
- subject
- resurrect
- respect
- reflect
- reelect
- redirect
- project
- neglect
- intersect
- inspect
- indirect
- incorrect
- expect
- deflect
- confect
- unchecked
Sentences with defect
1. Noun, singular or mass
Yet such use may cause a birth defect.
Quotes about defect
1. There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.""And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.""And yours,"he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.
- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
2. It is a defect of God's humor that he directs our hearts everywhere but to those who have a right to them.
- Tom Stoppard, Arcadia
2. defect
noun. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] a failing or deficiency.
Synonyms
- disadvantage
Antonyms
- hairlessness
- hairiness
Etymology
- defaicte (Middle English (1100-1500))
- defectus (Latin)
3. defect
noun. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] an imperfection in an object or machine.
Synonyms
- flaw
- bug
- fault
- imperfection
- imperfectness
- glitch
- blister
Antonyms
- inferior
- stay
- extinguish
- hypopigmentation
Etymology
- defaicte (Middle English (1100-1500))
- defectus (Latin)
4. defect
noun. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body).
Synonyms
- whitehead
- slur
- blemish
- dent
- smudge
- verruca
- nick
- appearance
- comedo
- nevus
- blackhead
- chatter mark
- crack
- burn
- scrape
- smear
- check
- ding
- mole
- gouge
- smirch
- mark
- visual aspect
- burn mark
- scratch
- stigma
- mar
- chip
- blot
- milium
- spot
- wart
- birthmark
- scar
Antonyms
- strengthen
- focus
- clean
- unbend
Etymology
- defaicte (Middle English (1100-1500))
- defectus (Latin)
5. defect
verb. ['ˈdiːfɛkt, dɪˈfɛkt'] desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
Synonyms
- fly
- resist
- dissent
- rat
- desert
- flee
- protest
Antonyms
- differ
- disagree
- derestrict
- activity
Etymology
- defaicte (Middle English (1100-1500))
- defectus (Latin)