DEFECTIVE Copy link • DEFECTIVEmancus; non integer (not complete): non perfectus; imperfectus; suis numeris non absolutus (unfinished): non commodus (not good of its sort): vitiosus (blemished): it is better for a narrative to be redundant than defective, satius est, aliquid narrationi superesse, quam deesse: The grammatical term defective is defectivus (e.g., a defective verb, verbum defectivum).