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  • 71defective — ► ADJECTIVE 1) imperfect or faulty. 2) lacking or deficient. DERIVATIVES defectively adverb defectiveness noun …

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  • 72defectiveness — defective ► ADJECTIVE 1) imperfect or faulty. 2) lacking or deficient. DERIVATIVES defectively adverb defectiveness noun …

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  • 73defective — [dē fek′tiv, difek′tiv] adj. [ME & OFr defectif < LL defectivus] 1. having a defect or defects; imperfect; faulty 2. Gram. lacking some of the usual forms of inflection [“ought” is a defective verb] 3. having a physical or mental defect;… …

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  • 74poorly — [poor′lē] adv. 1. in a poor manner, as scantily, badly, or defectively 2. with a low opinion; disparagingly [thought poorly of it] adj. Informal in poor health …

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  • 75defective — adj. & n. adj. 1 having a defect or defects; incomplete, imperfect, faulty. 2 mentally subnormal. 3 (usu. foll. by in) lacking, deficient. 4 Gram. not having all the usual inflections. n. a mentally defective person. Derivatives: defectively adv …

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  • 76poorly — adv. & adj. adv. 1 scantily; defectively. 2 with no great success. 3 meanly; contemptibly. predic.adj. unwell …

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  • 77con|sum´er|ist — con|sum|er|ism «kuhn SOO muh rihz uhm», noun. 1. a movement to protect the consumer from unsafe or defectively manufactured products, from misleading labeling, packaging, or promotion practices, and to protect the environment from undue harm:… …

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  • 78con|sum|er|ism — «kuhn SOO muh rihz uhm», noun. 1. a movement to protect the consumer from unsafe or defectively manufactured products, from misleading labeling, packaging, or promotion practices, and to protect the environment from undue harm: »“Consumerism”… …

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  • 79MASORAH — This article is arranged according to the following outline: 1. THE TRANSMISSION OF THE BIBLE 1.1. THE SOFERIM 1.2. WRITTEN TRANSMISSION 1.2.1. Methods of Writing 1.2.1.1. THE ORDER OF THE BOOKS 1.2.1.2. SEDARIM AND PARASHIYYOT …

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  • 80MEIRI, MENAHEM BEN SOLOMON — (1249–1316), Provençal scholar and commentator of the Talmud. Meiri was born in Perpignan where he spent his whole life. His family, regarded as one of the most distinguished in Provence, originated from   Carcassonne and Narbonne. Few… …

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