Hyphenation of defective

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word defective? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-fec-tive

Definitions of defective:

1.	Having a defect I returned the appliance because it was defective
2.	Markedly subnormal in structure or function or intelligence or behavior Defective speech
3.	Not working properly A bad telephone connection A defective appliance

Synonyms of defective:

adj	faulty, imperfect
adj	abnormal
adj	bad, malfunctioning, nonfunctional

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.