defective

As adjectives the difference between defective and adequate

is that defective is while adequate is .

As an adjective defective

is .

As a noun inadequacies is

.

As a noun spoilage

is the part of something that has spoiled.

As an adjective defective is

.

As a verb cull

is to pick or take someone or something (from a larger group).

As a noun cull

is a selection or cull can be (slang|dialectal) a fool, gullible person; a dupe.

As an adjective defective is

.

As adjectives the difference between defectuous and defective

is that defectuous is (obsolete) full of defects; imperfect while defective is .

As adjectives the difference between defective and false

is that defective is while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

As a noun spy

is a person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers information on them (usually to gain an advantage).

As a verb spy

is to act as a spy.

As an adjective defective is

.

As nouns the difference between archaic and defective

is that archaic is a general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.) while defective is a person considered to be defective.

As adjectives the difference between archaic and defective

is that archaic is of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated while defective is having one or more defects.

As adjectives the difference between partial and defective

is that partial is existing as a part or portion; incomplete while defective is having one or more defects.

As nouns the difference between partial and defective

is that partial is a partial derivative: a derivative with respect to one independent variable of a function in multiple variables while defective is a person considered to be defective.