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defective meaning in Punjabi

ਨੁਕਸਦਾਰ

UK/dɪˈfɛktɪv/

defective in Punjabi: ਨੁਕਸਦਾਰ. In English, defective means having one or more defects.

Punjabi words for defective

ਨੁਕਸਦਾਰ

English meaning of defective

  1. adjective Having one or more defects.
  2. adjective Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person.
  3. adjective Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء).
  4. adjective Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write.

Full definition of defective

defective in a sentence

  • If the workmanship is defective, they'll replace the shoes with a new pair.
  • Artillery officers sometimes have defective hearing.

Synonyms of defective

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Questions about defective in Punjabi

What is the meaning of defective in Punjabi?
Defective in Punjabi is ਨੁਕਸਦਾਰ.
defective ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ?
Defective: ਨੁਕਸਦਾਰ.
What does defective mean in English?
Defective means having one or more defects.

Source and license

Punjabi words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “defective”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: defective (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Punjabi words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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