Synonym: blemish, deficiency, failing, fault, flaw, imperfection, shortcoming, weakness. Antonym: merit. Similar words: defeat, defend, defense, defeated, defender, deference, defensive, defendant. Meaning: ['diːfekt] 
n. 1. an imperfection in a bodily system 2. a failing or deficiency 3. an imperfection in a device or machine 4. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army.
n. 1. an imperfection in a bodily system 2. a failing or deficiency 3. an imperfection in a device or machine 4. a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body). v. desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army. 
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91. The mouse is bred with the genetic defect but remains alive, enabling potential cures to be tested out on it.
92. There was little evidence to support the presence of a primary defect in the colonic barrier in patients with ulcerative colitis.
93. The baby was born with a serious heart defect and not expected to live.
94. He said that no mechanical or electrical defect had been found in the lift after the accident.
95. Evidence to support a defect in cell mediated immunity is more compelling.
96. We prayerfully proceeded with the purchasing process, only to have the property survey reveal a ￡5,000 defect.
97. The producer will be liable for any defect in the product which causes damage.
98. Barium meal showed a filling defect in the prepyloric region.
99. This component of overproduction may therefore be an additional aetiology to that of the clearance defect described above.
100. Even if the defect was unknown to the seller he had to recompense the buyer.
101. A defect in the braking system caused several accidents before the car was recalled.
102. To repair the defect, first use a sharp knife to make two cuts at right angles across the blister.
103. If I am to live, I must defect with my aircraft.
104. The defect is said to be the first of its kind in Britain's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.
105. It is not known, however, if the nucleation defect also persists after the stones have been removed.
106. Investigators found a defect in the design of the ship.
107. Suppose that the payoff to all the members of a small group is greater if all cooperate than if all defect.
108. Local clusters of Always Defect individuals, far from prospering by each other's presence, do especially badly in each other's presence.
109. A chest radiograph was normal, but a ventilation-perfusion lung scan showed a matched defect in the right lower lobe.
110. Again, this is a serious defect and needs checking by a structural engineer.
111. CustomerQ integrates customer support, call tracking, help desk and product defect tracking in a single module that includes Informix.
112. Little analysis was apparent in many of the early Programmes - a defect that was never entirely overcome.
113. We regard this result as strong evidence against a possible structural defect of the Dcm/Cys177Ser mutant.
114. This is not a structural defect - only a sign of antiquity.
115. This condition creates an inherent defect in the battery.
116. My color is simply a genetic defect.
117. a defect in the glass.
118. The defect of these cloths is clash of colors.
119. He suffers from a congenital defect.
120. Cartel members may defect by behaving competitively.
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