defectiveness
State of malfunction
Defectiveness is the quality of being flawed or faulty.
The word appears in technical and formal contexts—discussions of manufacturing quality, legal liability, or philosophical arguments about human nature.
The defectiveness of the product was apparent from the start.
In everyday speech, people more often say something "has defects" or "is defective."
Visible flaw or mark
- faultImperfection or blame
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- imperfectionFault or shortcoming
crack · deformity · irregularity · glitch · kink · gap · incompleteness · distortion
Prone to snapping
- frailtyWeakness of body
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- delicacyRefined sensitivity or rarity
instability · frangibility · breakability · tenuousness · perishability · shakiness · precariousness · unsoundness
Failure or decomposition
- failureLack of success
- crashSudden violent impact
- errorFault in communication
- bugCrawling creature or defect
outage · short-circuit · misfire · stall · jam · corruption · disruption · hiccup
Shortfall in amount needed
- incompletenessState of lacking parts
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- limitationBound on extent
- failingFlaw in one's nature
lack · deficiency · impairment · unfitness · unsuitability · incapacity · ineptitude · ineffectiveness
blemish
Visible flaw or mark
- faultImperfection or blame
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
- weaknessDeficiency in force
imperfection · crack · deformity · irregularity · glitch · kink · gap · incompleteness · distortion · mar
brittleness
Prone to snapping
- frailtyWeakness of body
- vulnerabilityOpenness to harm
- weaknessDeficiency in force
delicacy · instability · frangibility · breakability · tenuousness · perishability · shakiness · precariousness · unsoundness · infirmity
breakdown
Failure or decomposition
bug · outage · short-circuit · misfire · stall · jam · corruption · disruption · hiccup · fizzle
insufficiency
Shortfall in amount needed
- incompletenessState of lacking parts
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- limitationBound on extent
failing · lack · deficiency · impairment · unfitness · unsuitability · incapacity · ineptitude · ineffectiveness · substandard
scratch
Superficial wound or mark
tarnish · discoloration · warp · pockmark · scuff · blight · corrosion · wear · breakage · deterioration
- weaknessesweakness, flaw, failing, shortcoming, frailty
- shoddinessslipshod, slapdash, hack job, botch job, botch
- Product Liabilityproduct liability, liability claims, warning labels, warning label, warnings
- Unsuitabilityinappropriateness, unfitness, mismatch, impropriety, incongruity
defectivenessperfection
Absence of any fault
flawlessness · faultlessness · soundness · intactness · wholeness
defectivenessfunctionality
Practical operational capacity
operability · reliability · effectiveness · potency · power
defect, defective, deflect, defector, defects, defection, defecting, defected, defectors