John Gurdon

If you took some famous religious leader, for example, and said it would be nice to clone them indefinitely so you have a dynasty of leaders, my own guess would be that each time the cloning takes place, they would become more and more defective, presumably mentally defective and subsequently worse.

English Scientist

Giordano Bruno

Because of the active principle and spirit or universal soul, nothing is so incomplete, defective or imperfect, or, according to common opinion, so completely insignificant that it could not become the source of great events.

Italian Philosopher

Magdi Yacoub

The nanofibrillar scaffolds designed to guide the process of cellular repopulation is an important step towards prolonging life and enhancing the quality of life for patients with advanced heart disease with defective valve.

Egyptian Scientist

Lao Tzu

It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.

Chinese Philosopher

Isaac Newton

If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.

English Mathematician

W. Edwards Deming

No one knows the cost of a defective product - don't tell me you do. You know the cost of replacing it, but not the cost of a dissatisfied customer.

American Scientist

Blake Farenthold

Why should guns be treated different than toasters? If your defective product injures somebody, you're responsible for it.

American Politician

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.

Roman Statesman

Morley Safer

What does it say about us that people who are considered defective are instinctively caring and compassionate?

Canadian Journalist

P. D. James

Human kindness is like a defective tap, the first gush may be impressive but the stream soon dries up.

English Novelist

Understand when to use 'defective' in relation to warranties or guarantees for products.

Return Policy

'Defective' implies that something lacks essential functionality and is unsatisfactory.

Negative Implication

A defect may not always be visible; functionality tests can be necessary.

Not Always Visible

Use 'defective' to discuss partial understanding or underdeveloped skills.

Learning Contexts

What one perceives as 'defective' may vary based on personal standards.

Subjectivity

In legal contexts, 'defective' highlights the importance of flawless documentation.

Legal Precision

A defective legal document can nullify agreements or invalidate claims.

Consequences

Be considerate when referring to medical conditions as 'defective'.

Sensitive Usage

Avoid using 'defective' to label individuals; focus on the specific condition.

Not a Label

 making many, many efforts to get off. I felt that if I could manage without medication, I could prove that, after all, I wasn't really mentally ill, it was some terrible mistake. My motto was the less medicine, the less defective. My L.A. analyst, Dr. Kaplan, was urging me just to stay on medication and get on with my life,

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 that have early language impairments, and that are going to struggle to learn to read, is that their language processor is created in a defective form. And the reason that it rises in a defective form is because early in the baby's brain's life the machine process is noisy.

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 ALS could involve other cell types. ALS patients typically have inflammation in their brains and spinal cords. Defective immune cells may also play a role in killing motor neurons. And ALS seems to change the behavior of specific cells that provide support for neurons.

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 Maybe you've heard that depression is contagious, and you're afraid of catching it. Bring some hand sanitizer. You're much more likely to catch the joy of human bonding. Maybe you see depressed people differently. You think of them as flawed or defective.

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 is it would free Americans from the fear and the fact of financial ruin because they bought a defective product. Perhaps, in time, young and old Americans may rediscover, as the gentleman said earlier, their curiosity, their love of learning --

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 for men and women deemed “mentally defective.” This label was typically applied based on superficial mental health diagnoses and the results of IQ tests, which were linguistically and culturally biased against most immigrant populations.

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 long career as an archaeologist tom took the search for amelia one step further by enlisting the help of bone-sniffing dogs we humans with our defective eyesight and our even more defective olfactory abilities

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 Now look at this pan for baking muffins. Oh, sorry, one of the cups is inverted. It pops up instead of dipping down. Wait, no spin the pan. The other five are domed now? Whichever it is, this pan's defective.

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 called homology directed repair. This template DNA is used as a blueprint to guide the rebuilding process, repairing a defective gene or even inserting a completely new one. The ability to fix DNA errors

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 but they make enough normal red blood cells that they aren't negatively affected by sickle cell anemia. Now in my case, the defective gene I carry won't protect me against malaria.