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Definition of the day : « defectiveness »

  • As in inadequacy : noun shortage, defect, inability
  • As in shortfall : noun deficit; imperfection
Example sentences :
  • It could not indeed be otherwise; the defectiveness of the calendar must necessarily falsify all their records as to time.
  • Extract from : « Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton » by John Barrow
  • Its defectiveness of numbers did not constitute its only weakness.
  • Extract from : « The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 (of 5) » by John Marshall
  • Defectiveness is a recessive factor; normality a dominant one.
  • Extract from : « Crime: Its Cause and Treatment » by Clarence Darrow
  • Thirty answers have been thrown out for irrelevancy or defectiveness.
  • Extract from : « A Librarian's Open Shelf » by Arthur E. Bostwick
  • The low state of vitality in the blood of the drunkard accounts for the defectiveness of a large per cent.
  • Extract from : « Self Knowledge and Guide to Sex Instruction » by T. W. Shannon
  • Spinoza's aim in revealing the defectiveness of the Bible was not theological but philosophical.
  • Extract from : « The Philosophy of Spinoza » by Baruch de Spinoza
  • If McClellan ever moves this army, then the defectiveness of his staff may occasion losses and even disasters.
  • Extract from : « Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 » by Adam Gurowski
  • Union supplements the defectiveness of each alone, and develops its full forcefulness.
  • Extract from : « The Right and Wrong Uses of the Bible » by R. Heber Newton
  • It is obvious that a defective vacuum may or may not prevent an engine from starting, according to the degree of defectiveness.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • In 361 the distinction between irregularity and defectiveness was slightly foreshadowed.
  • Extract from : « The English Language » by Robert Gordon Latham