defect
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(verb) as of an organization, a country or an army |
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Synonyms: desert |
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Related Words: flee, fly, rat, take flight |
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(noun) a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information" |
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Synonyms: shortcoming |
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Related Words: disadvantage |
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(noun) an imperfection in a bodily system; "visual defects"; "this device permits detection of defects in the lungs" |
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Related Words: birth defect, congenital abnormality, congenital anomaly, congenital defect, congenital disorder, imperfection, imperfectness |
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(noun) an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer" |
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Synonyms: fault, flaw |
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Related Words: bug, glitch, hole, imperfection, imperfectness |
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(noun) a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body) |
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Synonyms: blemish |
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Related Words: birthmark, blackhead, blot, burn, burn mark, chatter mark, check, chip, comedo, crack, daub, dent, gouge, mark, milium, mole, nevus, nick, scar, scrape, scratch, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, spot, stigma, ugliness, verruca, wart, whitehead |
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