In many early Hebrew manuscripts, vowels were regularly left unmarked, and scribes wrote defective to indicate the omission of matres lectionis.

When the regime faltered, he defects to the opposition without hesitation.

Our inspector documented several defects in the newly delivered components.

The captain was accused of defecting to the rival company after months of secret meetings.

The diplomat defected to a neighboring country.

The engineer wrote a detailed report on the defectiveness of the batch of circuit boards.

The old printer started to print defectively after the firmware update, producing smudged and incomplete pages.

The defectivity of the circuit board caused the company to halt production.

The engineer's report compared the defectivenesses of the two prototype batches to determine which manufacturing process needed revision.

The defectability of the prototype raised concerns among the quality engineers.