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defectiveness|dɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs|
[-ness.]
Defective quality or condition; the fact or state of being defective; faultiness.
1622Malynes Anc. Law-Merch. 402 Let there be made a Notariall Instrument or Act concerning the defectiuenesse of the commodities. 1643Milton Divorce i. (1851) 22 The unfitnes and defectivenes of an unconjugall mind. 1727Swift Gulliver ii. iii. 118 The queen giving great allowance for my defectiveness in speaking. 1884W. J. Courthope Addison iii. 47 Owing to the defectiveness of his memory. 1884Law Times 16 Feb. 275/2 The radical defectiveness of leasehold tenure as now applied to urban holdings. |
