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'defect' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'defect' with 10 example sentences.


defect noun

: an imperfection in a bodily system

: a failing or deficiency

: an imperfection in an object or machine

: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)

defect verb

: desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army


  • There might be manufacturing defects.
  • Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause birth defects.
  • This system has obvious defects.
  • You cannot defect to another country unless you can travel there.
  • A quick temper is the only defect in her character.
  • I think it might be a defect.
  • He defected to the Soviet Union in the 1950's.
  • The horse that we can't buy will always have a defect.
  • Libya's foreign minister has defected.
  • The product is guaranteed to be free from defects.
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