defects
Leaves one's side
Defects are flaws, imperfections, or shortcomings that make something less than ideal.
A manufacturing defect renders a product faulty.
A birth defect is a physical abnormality present from birth.
The word extends to character: a defect of judgment.
As a verb (accent on second syllable), to defect is to abandon one's country or cause for an opposing one: The spy defected to the West.
Visible flaw or mark
Crawling creature or defect
- glitchMinor system fault
- failureLack of success
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- faultImperfection or blame
error · crash · outage · hiccup · misfire · short-circuit · dysfunction · corruption
Abandon completely
- desertTo leave behind completely
- renounceFormally give up
- betrayViolate a trust
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
escape · AWOL · absconding · turncoat · renegade · treachery · disloyalty · secession
Permanent DNA alteration
- chromosomalRelating to genetic structures
- deletionRemoval of content
- insertionPlacing something within
- frameshiftAltered reading of codons
translocation · congenital · hereditary · abnormality · syndrome · malformation · teratogenic · developmental
blemish
Visible flaw or mark
scratch · stain · gouge · nick · scar · pit · hole · tear · fracture · split
bug
Crawling creature or defect
fault · error · crash · outage · hiccup · misfire · short-circuit · dysfunction · corruption · anomaly
forsake
Abandon completely
flee · escape · AWOL · absconding · turncoat · renegade · treachery · disloyalty · secession · mutiny
mutation
Permanent DNA alteration
- chromosomalRelating to genetic structures
- deletionRemoval of content
- insertionPlacing something within
frameshift · translocation · congenital · hereditary · abnormality · syndrome · malformation · teratogenic · developmental · prenatal
- flawsfaults, flaw, blemish, flaws, imperfections
- construction qualitycraftsmanship, workmanship, structural integrity, durability, sturdiness
- Consumer Affairs, Product Safety, and Insuranceconsumer protection, product recalls, recalls, safety standards, insurance
- factory problemsbreakdowns, downtime, bottlenecks, delays, equipment failure
- Product Safetyproduct recall, safety standards, warning labels, choking hazard, safety recalls
- Quality ControlQA, QC, calipers, micrometers, quality check
defectsstrengths
Powers or capabilities
merits · virtues · assets · advantages · qualities
defectsperfections
States of being faultless
enhancements · improvements · refinements · fixes · corrections
- birth defectsAbnormalities present from delivery
- hidden defectsFaults not immediately visible
- heart defectAbnormality in blood-pumping organ
- congenital defectAbnormality present at birth
- factory defect
- defective productsItems with manufacturing flaws
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