defectiveness

noun

Definition of defectivenessnext
as in impairment

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defectiveness
  1. impairment
  2. disability
  3. failing
  4. weakness
  5. detriment
  6. fault
Noun
  • Excluding adults who had mild cognitive impairment, dementia or incomplete data, the Kanazawa scientists looked at the data of more than 8,500 adults aged 65 and older.
    Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The increase in net loss was primarily due to higher operating expenses, including a significant impairment expense.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of impairment
Noun
  • For seniors and people with disabilities, programs like the city’s Housing Choice Voucher Program focus on providing safe, affordable and accessible housing options.
    Sherell Jackson, Baltimore Sun, 11 Jan. 2025
  • The foundation plans to use the funds to build an adaptive playground for children with disabilities at a school in South Jersey.
    Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
Definition of disability
Noun
  • One of the worst failings of a manager entails asking for feedback and then entirely ignoring it.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • But the ultimate failings of each of these franchises can be traced directly to dreadful decisions from above.
    Mike Jones, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of failing
Noun
  • But Price acknowledged that the case revealed multiple weaknesses in how police handled homicide investigations at the time, leading to widespread reforms that remain in place today.
    Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
  • But dunking has become another item on a laundry list of weaknesses for Williams to fix.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of weakness
Noun
  • Top reads of the last week Opinion:WNBA silence on Caitlin Clark fans came at other players' detriment.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Those who over-automate processes to their own detriment will be the ones who fail to understand how both prediction and judgment comprise decision making.
    Brian Jackson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of detriment
Noun
  • Our experience was a mix of magic and misery, to no fault of Fort Wilderness.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2025
  • As Laviolette said, that’s not solely the defenseman’s fault.
    Peter Baugh, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of fault
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