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defectiveness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Defective \De*fect"ive\, a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d['e]fectif. See Defect.]
Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.
(Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being defective.
WordNet
n. the state of being defective [syn: faultiness]
Usage examples of "defectiveness".
Cases of dental defectiveness are frequently greater in number than are all other sorts of physical defects combined.
In the meantime, in view of your youth and ah, apparent mental defectiveness, I shall hold the treason charge.