Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a defective manner; imperfectly.
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- adverb In a
defective manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a defective manner
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Examples
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Then, in comparing the Affordable Care Act to a watch, Judge Vinson said, "The Act, like a defectively designed watch, needs to be redesigned and reconstructed by the watchmaker."
Ron Pollack: Radical, Judicial Activism Ron Pollack 2011
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My HP tablet died after about 3 years; there was a defectively built motherboard that finally fried itself and HP would not replace it.
Laptop-Reliability Study Highlights The Most Sturdy Laptop Makers | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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He alleged the machine lacked adequate safety protections and was defectively designed.
Supreme Court Bars U.S. Suit Against Goodyear Units Over French Crash Brent Kendall 2011
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WASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a lower court Monday to reconsider a ruling that barred a product-liability lawsuit alleging Ford Motor Co. defectively designed the side windows in a 1997 pickup truck.
Suit Against Ford to Be Reconsidered Brent Kendall 2011
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Wyeth , accusing the majority of ignoring Congress's intention "to leave the courthouse doors open for children who have suffered severe injuries from defectively designed vaccines."
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The decision on "unavoidable" in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth could determine whether parents have the right to sue over defectively designed vaccines they allege devastated their children's health.
In important cases, Supreme Court outcomes sometimes determined by a single word Robert Barnes 2010
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Sotomayor read the language to mean the opposite, and said "text, structure and legislative history compel the conclusion that Congress intended to leave the courthouse doors open for children who have suffered severe injuries from defectively designed vaccines."
Supreme Court rules vaccine makers protected from lawsuits 2011
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The decision on "unavoidable" in Bruesewitz v. Wyeth could determine whether parents have the right to sue over defectively designed vaccines they allege devastated their children's health.
In important cases, Supreme Court outcomes sometimes determined by a single word Robert Barnes 2010
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The New York Times reports: "The [Affordable Healthcare] Act, like a defectively designed watch, needs to be redesigned and reconstructed by the watchmaker," Judge [Roger] Vinson wrote.
Strike two for ObamaCare Jennifer Rubin 2011
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Co. and Citigroup Inc. will brave stiff headwinds this year as they face demands to buy back defectively underwritten mortgages.
Repurchased Loans Putting Banks in Hole Aparajita Saha-Bubna 2010
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