defectives
Things with flaws
Defectives is a noun referring to people considered flawed or abnormal, particularly those with physical or mental disabilities.
The term was once standard in medical and legal contexts but is now offensive, reducing people to their conditions.
It survives in dated texts and deliberately dehumanizing speech.
The institution housed defectives and the mentally ill.
As a simple plural, defectives can also mean defective products or items: The factory pulled the defectives from the assembly line.
Having visible defects
- damagedMade worse by injury
- faultyHaving defects or errors
- marredDamaged or disfigured
- impairedWeakened in function
cracked · chipped · dented · scratched · warped · distorted · disfigured · deformed
Of lower rank
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
- subparBelow acceptable quality
- inadequateNot sufficient for purpose
low-grade · mediocre · unsatisfactory · unacceptable · lacking · cheap · suboptimal · degraded
Deviating from expected norms
- atypicalNot conforming to type
- aberrantDeparting from what's typical
- deviantOne diverging from norms
- nonstandardDeparting from established norms
unconventional · eccentric · idiosyncratic · peculiar · odd · quirky · singular · variant
Minor system fault
- bugCrawling creature or defect
- failureLack of success
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- errorFault in communication
crash · fault · freeze · outage · misfire · short-circuit · corruption · dysfunction
blemished
Having visible defects
impaired · cracked · chipped · dented · scratched · warped · distorted · disfigured · deformed · mutilated
inferior
Of lower rank
- shoddyOf poor craftsmanship
- second-rateBelow acceptable standards
- subparBelow acceptable quality
inadequate · low-grade · mediocre · unsatisfactory · unacceptable · lacking · cheap · suboptimal · degraded · unfit
anomalous
Deviating from expected norms
nonstandard · unconventional · eccentric · idiosyncratic · peculiar · odd · quirky · singular · variant · divergent
glitch
Minor system fault
error · crash · fault · freeze · outage · misfire · short-circuit · corruption · dysfunction · hiccup
- defective productsItems with manufacturing flaws
- defective goodsItems with manufacturing flaws
- defective on arrivalBroken when shipped item reaches buyer