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defective - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: defective
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: broken, not working
Synonyms: abnormal, amiss, damaged, deficient, faulty, impaired, imperfect, inadequate, incomplete, injured, insufficient, lacking, out of order, poor, sick, unfinished, unhealthy, unsound, wanting, blemished, flawed, on the bum, seconds, subnormal
Notes: defective means having a defect or fault, while deficient means inadequate or lacking in amount or degree
Antonyms: excellent, faultless, flawless, perfect, unbroken
Main Entry: crippled
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disabled
Synonyms: bedridden, broken, damaged, defective, deformed, game, halt, handicapped, harmed, impaired, incapacitated, lame, maimed, mutilated, out of commission*, paralyzed, enfeebled, gimp, hamstrung, hog-tied, housebound, laid up, mangled, marred, sidelined
Antonyms: healthy, walking
Main Entry: deficient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: imperfect, inadequate
Synonyms: amiss, bad, damaged, defective, exiguous, faulty, impaired, incomplete, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufficient, lacking, meager, rare, scanty*, scarce, second fiddle*, second string, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, unequal, unfinished, unsatisfactory, wanting, weak, flawed, found wanting, marred, not cut out for, not enough, not make it, not up to scratch, outta gas, scant, third string, unassembled
Antonyms: adequate, ample, enough, excessive, faultless, flawless, perfect, satisfactory, sufficient, superfluous
Main Entry: dysfunctional
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: socially impaired
Synonyms: broken, debilitated, decayed, defective, deteriorated, inhibited, maladjusted, sick, unfit, wounded, flawed, malfunctional, undermined
Main Entry: erroneous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wrong, incorrect
Synonyms: amiss, askew, awry, defective, fallacious, false, faulty, inaccurate, inexact, invalid, misguided, mistaken, off, specious, spurious, unfounded, unsound, untrue, all off, all wet, flawed, way off, wrong number
Antonyms: correct, right, true, valid
Main Entry: execrable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: horrible, sickening
Synonyms: abhorrent, abominable, accursed, atrocious, confounded, cursed, damnable, defective, deplorable, despicable, detestable, disgusting, foul, hateful, heinous, loathsome, low, monstrous, nauseous, obnoxious, odious, offensive, repulsive, revolting, vile, wretched, horrific
Antonyms: nice, pleasant
Main Entry: faulty
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not working; incorrect
Synonyms: adulterated, amiss, awry, bad, below par, blamable, broken, cracked, damaged, debased, defective, deficient, distorted, erroneous, fallacious, fallible, false, frail, impaired, imperfect, inaccurate, inadequate, incomplete, inexact, injured, insufficient, invalid, lame, leaky, lemon, maimed, malformed, out of order, rank, sick, tainted, unfit, unreliable, unsound, weak, wrong, blemished, botched, flawed, imprecise, malfunctioning, marred, unretentive, warped
Antonyms: accurate, correct, perfect, sound, strong, working
Main Entry: haywire
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: broken; crazy
Synonyms: amiss, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, insane, mad, messy, nuts, out of order, psycho, screwball*, screwy*, touched*, unbalanced, unhinged, wacky, amok, flipped, in a mess, in pieces, orderless, out of whack, out to lunch, schizo, unglued
Main Entry: impaired
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: injured, faulty
Synonyms: broken, damaged, debilitated, defective, down*, harmed, hurt, imperfect, kaput*, on the blink*, on the fritz, spoiled, unsound, busted, flawed, marred
Antonyms: healthy, perfect, strong
Main Entry: imperfect
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flawed
Synonyms: amiss, below par, broken, damaged, defective, deficient, dud*, faulty, garbage*, immature, impaired, incomplete, inexact, injured, junk*, lemon*, limited, low, minus, partial, patchy, rudimentary, sick, sketchy, two-bit*, undeveloped, unfinished, unsound, vicious, bottom-of-barrel, disfigured, few bugs, marred, schlocky, warped
Antonyms: excellent, faultless, finished, perfect, pure, unblemished, unflawed
Main Entry: inaccurate
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: erroneous
Synonyms: all wet, careless, counterfactual, defective, discrepant, doesn't wash, fallacious, false, faulty, imprecise, in error, incorrect, inexact, mistaken, off, off base*, out*, specious, unfaithful, unreliable, unsound, untrue, way-off, wide*, wild*, wrong
Antonyms: accurate, correct, right
Main Entry: incomplete
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unfinished, wanting
Synonyms: broken, crude, defective, deficient, fractional, fragmentary, immature, imperfect, inadequate, incoherent, insufficient, lacking, meager, part, partial, rough, rude, rudimentary, short, sketchy, undeveloped, undone, unpolished, abridged, expurgated, garbled, half-done, unaccomplished, unconsummated, under construction, unexecuted
Antonyms: accomplished, complete, finished, perfect
Main Entry: insufficient
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not enough; lacking
Synonyms: bereft, defective, deficient, destitute, devoid, drained, dry, failing, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, infrequent, meager, minus, poor, rare, scarce, short, shy, thin*, unfinished, unqualified, unsatisfactory, wanting, out of, scant, short of, too little too late, unample, unfitted
Antonyms: adequate, ample, enough, sufficient
Main Entry: jerry-built
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: flimsy
Synonyms: cheap, defective, insubstantial, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial, jerry-rigged, junky
Main Entry: lacking
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: wanting, deficient
Synonyms: can't cut it, coming up short, defective, deprived of, flawed, impaired, inadequate, incomplete, minus, missing, needed, needing, not hacking it, not making it, sans, short, without
Antonyms: abundant, enough, having, profuse, sufficient
Main Entry: on the blink
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not working continuously
Synonyms: bonkers, broken, defective, disabled, down, faulty, haywire, kaput*, on the fritz, on the fritz, out, out of commission*, out of commission, out of order, run-down, shot, spent, wrecked, busted, fallen apart, gone to pieces, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kerflooey, not functioning, not working, on the shelf, out of kilter, out of kilter, out of whack, out of whack
Main Entry: sketchy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: rough, incomplete
Synonyms: coarse, crude, cursory, defective, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, insufficient, introductory, outline, perfunctory, preliminary, shallow, skimpy, slight, superficial, uncritical, unfinished, vague, depthless, scrappy
Antonyms: complete, detailed, finished, full
Main Entry: undesirable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: offensive, unacceptable
Synonyms: abominable, annoying, bothersome, defective, disagreeable, distasteful, icky, inadmissible, inconvenient, inexpedient, insufferable, loathsome, objectionable, obnoxious, outcast, rejected, repellent, repugnant, troublesome, unattractive, unpopular, unsatisfactory, unsavory, unsought, unsuitable, unwanted, unwelcome, useless, disliked, displeasing, dreaded, incommodious, loathed, out of place, scorned, shunned, to be avoided, unlikable, unpleasing, unwished for
Antonyms: acceptable, appealing, desirable, pleasing, savory
Main Entry: unfinished
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not completed
Synonyms: amateurish, bare, crude, cut short, defective, deficient, dilettante, faulty, formless, fragmentary, half-baked*, immature, imperfect, incomplete, lacking, natural, plain, raw, rough, shapeless, sketchy, tentative, unadorned, undeveloped, undone, unpolished, unrefined, wanting, dabbling, found wanting, half-done, in the making, in the rough, not done, roughhewn, unaccomplished, unassembled, uncompleted, unconcluded, under construction, unexecuted, unfashioned, unfulfilled, unperfected
Antonyms: completed, finished, polished, refined, whole
Main Entry: unsound
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: not well; flimsy
Synonyms: ailing, crazed, dangerous, decrepit, defective, delicate, demented, deranged, diseased, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fragile, frail, ill, illogical, inaccurate, incongruous, incorrect, infirm, insane, insecure, insubstantial, invalid, lunatic, mad, rickety, shaky, specious, unbalanced, unhealthy, unhinged, unreliable, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, unsubstantial, unwell, weak, wobbly, flawed, in poor health, not solid, tottering, unbacked
Antonyms: safe, sound, stable, strong, well
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