This machine functions only defectively. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Simply put, GLBT's are defectively hard-wired from birth. From Wordnik.com. [Look what I found under a rock] Reference
We believed they had known from the start that it was defectively designed. From Wordnik.com. [Living the 7 Habits] Reference
And they claim the patch is defectively designed and unreasonably dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2005] Reference
He also got rid of the guy who defectively been the civilian head of the Haganah. From Wordnik.com. [Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime] Reference
This destruction cannot be directly attributed to the defectively reformed Roman Missal. From Wordnik.com. [Slow posting continues till mid-August...] Reference
That should not, of course, prevent discussion of how the law is defectively lenient in other ways. From Wordnik.com. [[retrospective legislation] today godwin, tomorrow ... you] Reference
It added that the university wasn't liable for an alleged "defectively manufactured medical product.". From Wordnik.com. [When Drug Trials Go Wrong,] Reference
Philosopher observes (Metaph. ix, text. 22) "to know simple things defectively is not to know them at all.". From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
If a certain choice presupposes something false about the basic goods, then it responds defectively to them. From Wordnik.com. [The Natural Law Tradition in Ethics] Reference
The law that was passed by congress was only good in papers but defectively powerless when it comes to its implementation. From Wordnik.com. [Baguio City officials divided on R.A.9003] Reference
The cartel is going to stick with earlier production quotas, defectively cutting crude production by 520,000 barrels a day. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 10, 2008] Reference
In other words, the entranceway was defectively designed because of the negligent decision to install those particular tiles. From Wordnik.com. [Third Department] Reference
Now that you have clarified your defectively reasoned argument, there is no reason for me to answer your rhetorical question. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Sullivan's contest: Make videos about McCain's old age.] Reference
Co. and Citigroup Inc. will brave stiff headwinds this year as they face demands to buy back defectively underwritten mortgages. From Wordnik.com. [Repurchased Loans Putting Banks in Hole] Reference
My HP tablet died after about 3 years; there was a defectively built motherboard that finally fried itself and HP would not replace it. From Wordnik.com. [Laptop-Reliability Study Highlights The Most Sturdy Laptop Makers | Lifehacker Australia] Reference
But in some way, they had been defectively marked so that they could not be machine read, and this court held that those ballots could not be rejected. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Florida Supreme Court Holds Hearing on Gore Appeal - December 7, 2000] Reference
In common discourse and writing the syllogism is usually stated defectively, one of the premisses or, in some cases, the conclusion itself being omitted. From Wordnik.com. [Deductive Logic] Reference
Thus, the Toyota floor mats are defectively designed. From Wordnik.com. [Tortdeform] Reference
Yhat brown M&M in the bowl near the bottom right is a defectively marked "w" M&M. From Wordnik.com. [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference
I believe that the Toyota floor mats are defectively designed for the following reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Tortdeform] Reference
Most of these books, indeed, are no more than collections of essays defectively dramatized. From Wordnik.com. [Prejudices : first series,] Reference
Unless the record shown me is defectively made out I think it can be successfully defended against. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 6: 1862-1863] Reference
Petricka JJ, Clay NK, Nelson TM (2008) Vein patterning screens and the defectively organized tributaries mutants in. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
These we interpret -- though always, by the way, defectively -- only by analogy with what we have ourselves experienced. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter : an Essay on the Meaning of the Comic] Reference
Above all, it fits more snugly than the truth into a universe of false appearances -- of complex and irrational phenomena, defectively grasped. From Wordnik.com. [The Antichrist] Reference
"My dear fellow, may not a man employ Reason, or any other common human faculty, all his life, and yet employ them very clumsily and defectively?". From Wordnik.com. [Phaethon] Reference
That's because your argument defectively looks at only one perspective, that his religious beliefs are sufficient to deny others who disagree their rights. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
The quality of the food sold in the poorer sections of our cities -- meat, bread, milk, etc. -- is defectively nutritious, even where it is not positively harmful. From Wordnik.com. [Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South] Reference
Imperfectly as it had been understood, and defectively as it had been reduced to practice, Christianity had placed the nations of Europe at the head of the human race. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again A Life Story] Reference
It is defectively drawn in some ways, particularly because it includes those who will be kept in custody for life, and who are therefore not proper objects of sterilization. From Wordnik.com. [Applied Eugenics] Reference
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