Preposition: within

• period: Should Product be defective within this period, Systems Integration ( UK ) Ltd will repair or replace Product within a reasonable time.

Preposition: in

• respect: Should it have been apparent to Mr Meldrum and Mr Lowson that the 1990 Order was defective in this respect?

• way: The pirated copy may be infected with a virus, or may be incomplete or defective in some other way.

Modifies a noun

• workmanship: Our warranty covers against defective workmanship only, misuse or wilful damage will render the warranty void.

• eyesight: Children requiring special treatment or operations for defective eyesight were sent from time to time to University College Hospital.

• product(s: As they will be required if you have to return the products received from us should you receive defective product(s ).

• gene: Many diseases are caused by the action of defective genes.

• pixel: More Explaining defective pixels 99.9 % is not good enough!

• tire: The national average for defective tires is 11 % .

Modifying Another Word

• mentally: In 1912 part of the school was used for " mentally defective " children The Infant School staff, 1895.

• allegedly: Rolling claims: claims arising from a single cause such as an allegedly defective drug or product.

• seriously: Equally disturbing was the fact that people are willing to take to the roads without a valid driving license or seriously defective vehicles.

• potentially: Question: Should the potentially defective battery be sent back to Fujitsu Siemens Computers?

• otherwise: Ceilings Upgrading or renewal of old lath and plaster ceilings or otherwise defective ceilings to provide adequate fire resistance.

• clearly: I think this is outrageous, as the product is clearly defective if it stops working after 14 months careful use.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: Should the software prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction.

• become: As our stockpile weapons age we expect more parts to become defective - just as with our automobiles.

• find: The unit is returned promptly on being found defective.

• deem: No refunds can be processed if returning goods for this reason until the item has been evaluated and deemed defective by the manufacturer.

• seem: Stead: I believe she intends to tell the truth, but her memory seems very defective.