as in scar
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the statue has a slight defect on the base, so it's being sold at a discount
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Recent Examples of defect
Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
The children all had a variety of birth defects, including missing or underdeveloped fingers, clubbed feet, heart defects, eye problems and skin conditions, per The Times.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Stockstory Team, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
How many customers will defect due to these service failures?
—Jon Picoult, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The regulator has been engaged in a yearslong investigation into safety defects in the systems that Tesla markets currently as its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving (Supervised) options.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 21 Feb. 2025
The children all had a variety of birth defects, including missing or underdeveloped fingers, clubbed feet, heart defects, eye problems and skin conditions, per The Times.
—Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Verb
Today, the company has advanced to employing AI and defect recognition software to identify flaws in parts and components continuously throughout the manufacturing process.
—Stockstory Team, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
How many customers will defect due to these service failures?
—Jon Picoult, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defect
Noun
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Male sharks are also known to bite females during mating, leaving distinctive scars.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The Moon, meanwhile, still bears many large scars from this period, because its surface is far less active.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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His mother was born in Argentina to an Italian family who had emigrated decades prior.—
Federico Perelmuter,
The Dial,
13 Mar. 2025
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They are wrested apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Doctors could see white blotches and smears around those dark spaces, indicating lesions.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Mar. 2025
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Overall, the geckos have pale brown bodies with several darker brown bands and lighter white blotches.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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People pilgrimage here to sample the best of traditional rural Portuguese cuisine in a delightful countryside setting.—
Isabelle Kliger,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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And hundreds were killed outside Mecca in a stampede during the annual hajj pilgrimage in 2015.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The company has been found at fault for a few major wildfires in Southern California in recent years, including the 2017 Thomas fire and 2018’s Woolsey fire.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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But they were told that authorities required solid proof that a business was at fault in order to take away a license.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Odin was attempting to voyage to an asteroid in the hopes that onboard cameras could confirm whether the space rock is filled with platinum, a valuable resource that AstroForge hopes to one day collect and bring back home.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
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The uncrewed lander, named Blue Ghost, made its touch down early Sunday on the lunar surface after more than six weeks voyaging millions of miles through the cosmos.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Excessive systemic exposure to fluorides can also lead to skeletal fluorosis, which causes pain, stiffness and bone deformities, or dental/enamel fluorosis, which causes tooth discoloration.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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Excessive levels can lead to issues such as tooth discoloration, bone deformities and thyroid problems.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The trekking poles are set up to the sides of the left- and right-side doorways, providing clear ingress/egress and better space management for the two vestibules.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Mar. 2025
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That same system is now trekking eastward across the U.S., bringing the threat of strong storms, including blizzards, tornados, and thunderstorms.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Defect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defect. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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