1. Having a defect
   "I returned the appliance because it was defective"
   - faulty 
2. Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behaviour
   "defective speech" 
3. Not working properly
   "a defective appliance"
   - bad

See also: abnormal, defectively, defectiveness, imperfect, malfunctioning, nonfunctional, unnatural

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