Defective

Defective - (1) In IQ, a record or logical business unit of information, such as an insurance application or an order, that has at least one Defect causing it to not conform to its quality standard or meet customer expectation. The record is counted as one Defective regardless of the number of defects; (2) A unit of product or service containing at least one Defect. 

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Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml , 23-Jan-2009 12:39

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Defective - (informal) A damaged pouch, sack, lock, or key.

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USPS, 09 September 2009 08:41:39, http://www.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub32/pub32a_g.html

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Defective - A defective unit; a unit of product that contains one or more defects with respect to the quality characteristic(s) under consideration.

[Category=Quality ]

Source: American Society for Quality, 17 September 2010 09:48:54, http://www.asq.org/glossary/

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Defective - The word defective describes an entire unit that fails to meet acceptance criteria, regardless of the number of defects within the unit. A unit may be defective because of one or more defects.

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Source: iSixSigma, 14 January 2011 09:19:55, https:web.archive.org/web/20111109014246/http:www.isixsigma.com/index.php?option=com_glossary