inherent defect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinherentanddefect
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inherent
adjective
uk/ɪnˈher.ənt/us/ɪnˈhɪr.ənt/
existing as a natural or basic part ...
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defect
noun[C]
uk/ˈdiː.fekt/us/ˈdiː.fekt/
a fault or problem in something or someone that spoils that thing or person or causes it, him, or her not to ...
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(Definition ofinherentanddefectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This local discontinuity is aninherentdefectof the simple sediment transport model valid only for small h/x.
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Nevertheless, there is aninherentdefectin the system which grows as time passes.
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It has perished from noinherentdefectbut simply from the refusal to operate it.
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It is also very terrifying, as pointing to someinherentdefectin the national character.
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That does not cure anyinherentdefect, or make good any existing leeway.
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I now turn to the thirdinherentdefectof rating as a system of local finance; its lack of bouyancy.
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This was caused by a simple circuit that had aninherentdefect.
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If, on the other hand, it is proved that he has misconducted himself from someinherentdefectof character, then his sentence will go on.
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Television suffers from a naturalinherentdefectin that it holds up a distorting mirror to the world and the image often bears little resemblance to reality.
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It seems to me that theinherentdefectof woman suffrage and of any restricted franchise is that you attach the penalty of disability to marriage.
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That said, it may well be that in order to fix theinherentdefecta repair method may sweep up some of the related defects at the same time.
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This is not due to anyinherentdefectin our existing law, but because the system has become outmoded and out-of-date as a result of social and economic changes.
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