defective
suomi-englanti sanakirjadefective englannista suomeksi
virheellinen, huono, puutteellinen, viallinen
vajava
Substantiivi
defective englanniksi
Having one or more defects.
(syn)
(ant)
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Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the person.
Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.
Spelled without ''lectionis|matres lectionis'', for example (m) as opposed to the ''plene'' spelling (m) where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel ''o''.
{{quote-text|en|year=2013|author=Gregor Geiger|title=Plene Writing of the Qōṭēl Pattern in the Dead Sea Scrolls
A person or thing considered to be defective.
(quote-book)
{{quote-journal|en|date=January 15, 2007|author=Bernard E. Harcourt|title=The Mentally Ill, Behind Bars|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/opinion/15harcourt.html
A word written without lectionis (letters indicating vowels).
{{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=Christian D. Ginsburg|title=Jacob Ben Chajim Ibn Adonijah's Introduction to the Rabbinic Bible: Hebrew and English with Explanatory Notes
(l) (gloss)
(inflection of)