States and conditions

Synonyms for defective

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 3, RidgelineStates and conditions

having a defect

I returned the appliance because it was defective.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

faulty

Same sentence, swapped: I returned the appliance because it was faulty.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for defective as it is used in the sentence above.

insufficient
incompetent
incapable

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Closest first: other states and conditions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

glarenounblazea light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adaptedRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line gratificationnounsatisfactionstate of being gratified or satisfiedRidgelineHas a reason line grubbyadjectivedingythickly covered with ingrained dirt or sootRidgeline hardshipnounadversitya state of misfortune or afflictionRidgeline soberadjectivedrablacking brightness or colorRidgelineHas a reason line societynouncompanythe state of being with someoneFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line solidadjectivestrongof good quality and conditionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line rotarynouncirclea road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central islandRidgelineHas a reason line

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