Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
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The state of being imperfect.
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Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.
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of Fail
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Defect; want; lack; default.
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Quality or state of being faulty.
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A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase.
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A small, usually hard, tumor on the skin formed by enlargement of its vascular papillae, and thickening of the epidermis which covers them.
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The quality or state of being weak; want of strength or firmness; lack of vigor; want of resolution or of moral strength; feebleness.
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The circumstances or condition of a being or thing at any given time.
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Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
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Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.
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The quality or condition of being imperfect; want of perfection; incompleteness; deficiency; fault or blemish.
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