major defect

collocation in English

meaningsofmajoranddefect

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major
adjective
uk
/ˈmeɪ.dʒər/us
/ˈmeɪ.dʒɚ/
more important, bigger, or more serious than others of the ...
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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 ofmajoranddefectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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There is onemajordefectwith this book - there is no index.
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To some, this may seem to be themajordefectof the theory of despotism.
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That is amajordefect.
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There was onemajordefect.
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This contained onemajordefect.
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Three patients had multiple defects with one being themajordefectbut additional small defect(s) adjacent to it.
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I turn to the secondmajordefect.
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Amajordefectcould develop and, therefore, insurance is right.
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This shows up the firstmajordefectin this proposal.
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I suggest that that is amajordefectin it.
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This is amajordefectin the scheme.
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That is themajordefectin the present situation.
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It is clearly amajordefectthat pay and conditions of service are dealt with separately.
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That was the first andmajordefectof the 1957 provisions.
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Anothermajordefectin the proposals is the neglect to modify the building regulations.
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There is something wrong with a system which has amajordefectof that kind.
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The absence of such plans is amajordefectin existing regulations.
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The reduction in purchase price would obviously be totally inadequate to deal with thatmajordefect.
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There appears to be amajordefectin the low rent test.
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Amajordefectin the approach of our predecessors was to address each separately.
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But the 10-year period also suffers from amajordefect.
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And we recognise that our lack of systematic information is, in itself, amajordefect.
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How on earth are the states concerned to find the resources to correct thismajordefect?
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Nevertheless, this report reveals amajordefect: it is blatantly federalist in persuasion.
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Amajordefectis the failure to provide security for furnished tenants.
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