defect
About 12.78 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A fault or malfunction.
a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment
- noun The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- noun A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- verb To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- verb To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- verb To join the enemy army.
- verb To flee one's country and seek asylum.
Similar words
fault shortcoming desert blemish flaw defective faulty disadvantage glitch malfunction
Often followed by
in of is and or was that which to
Word family
defected defecting defector defectors defects
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