Collocations for "defect"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "defect" in context.
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defect
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [factory, plant, production] defects
- this [machine, product, clothing] has a defect
- a [serious, minor, fatal] defect
- the [crash, accident] was caused by a [mechanical, factory] defect
- [analyze, repair, report] a defect
- a defect in his [plan, proposal, character]
- has a [slight, minor] [hearing, vision] defect
- [my mind, the property] is free of defects
- can cause [genetic, birth, brain, biological] defects
- was born with a [genetic] defect
- the defects [found, detected, analyzed]
- defects [caused, generated, characterized] by
- a defect [arising, resulting] from
- his only defect is that
- doesn't consider it a defect that
- defected to [the West, South Korea]
- defected from [the Soviet Union, Cuba]
- defected from [the opposition party, the opposition]
- the defect [code, name, number, rate, description]
- defect [tracking, recalls, results]
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