slight defect

collocation in English

meaningsofslightanddefect

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slight
adjective
uk
/slaɪt/us
/slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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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 ofslightanddefectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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That means that aslightdefectin ventilation comes under that definition.
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That is perhaps aslightdefectof drafting.
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This has been done, and aslightdefectin the bridge is now being repaired.
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I admit that there may be aslightdefectin the clause.
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The otherslightdefectseems to be a certain myopia with respect to the tax figures themselves.
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Theslightdefectis that it contains a certain number of inaccuracies which have not been removed at the committee stage.
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The cause is to be found in someslightdefectin the working of the automatic machinery.
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I should have thought that was quite adequate for the purpose of definition, but it may well be there is someslightdefectwith regard to interpretation.
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How many slight defects have there to be before the house becomes ineligible?
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This is to cure those slight defects.
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