as in scar
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the statue has a slight defect on the base, so it's being sold at a discount
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Recent Examples of defect
Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
About 40,000 babies are born with congenital heart defects in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Jessica Herzberg, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
The desire to defect out of self-interest, however, will be tempered by the spiritual kinship of an intentional community.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Noun
One of the dangers may come as a surprise to homeowners, as even relatively newer homes may have this defect.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
About 40,000 babies are born with congenital heart defects in the U.S. each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Jessica Herzberg, NBC News, 17 Oct. 2024
Verb
In 1975: Teen tennis prodigy Martina Navratilova sought political asylum in the United States after defecting from communist Czechoslovakia.
—The Arizona Republic, 6 Sep. 2024
The desire to defect out of self-interest, however, will be tempered by the spiritual kinship of an intentional community.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defect
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The growth of the competitive industry is palpable nationwide, across communities that still bear historic scars inflicted in part by that same industry.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2024
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This is a useful and thoughtful gift for gardeners tired of sporting itchy scars after a day in the yard.Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Verb
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And of course multitudes dressed as Freeman, whose parents emigrated from Canada.Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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The tour also offered Rodrigo the chance to do some good in a place near and dear to her heart: the Philippines, the country from which her great-grandparents emigrated.Rachel DeSantis, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
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The horse chestnut leaf blotch pathogen overwinters as fruiting bodies in leaves infected during the previous season.Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
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This fungal disease appears as gray blotches on the bark, eventually developing into sunken cankers.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
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The team suggests these were linked with ceremonial pathways and pilgrimage routes.ByRodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 23 Sep. 2024
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Indiana hasn’t played in the Rose Bowl since its futile attempt to stop USC running back O.J. Simpson on Jan. 1, 1968, making the team’s return this week to face UCLA something of a now-or-never pilgrimage for those who played in that game.Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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Not Stephen or Tyler, though; those guys were still at fault.Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 31 Oct. 2024
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The only real fault lay in the lineup’s lack of a plug-in hybrid to compete with the Audi Q5, BMW X4 and Volvo XC40.Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Attendees learned some pointers to help them in that particularly pesky endeavor, while Zoeller regaled them with tales of his whiskey voyages across the seven seas.Brad Japhe, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Around the same time, voyaging societies launched in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.Claire Turrell, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Sep. 2024
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Or where using human labor means repetitive stress, deformity and injury, such as in many industrial tasks.Amir Husain, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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Without proper management, arthritis can lead to deformities in the joints, making the condition progressively worse.Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 24 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Then, the duo sailed for ten days up the Alaskan Panhandle, before trekking 20 more miles to reach the peak.Jayme Moye, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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My family trekked across the entire United States to get here.Claire Carusillo, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Defect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defect. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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