serious defect
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousanddefect
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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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 ofseriousanddefectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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That is aseriousdefect.
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Dampness is aseriousdefect.
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It is aseriousdefect.
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No doubt the mostseriousdefectis the lack of uniformity, but to expect this is perhaps unrealistic.
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Merely citing foreign language examples without providing the requisite analysis would be aseriousdefectin an introductory text.
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It is a veryseriousdefect.
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That amounts to aseriousdefect.
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That is a particularlyseriousdefect.
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That is a veryseriousdefect.
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Thatseriousdefectneeds to be probed.
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This has been aseriousdefect.
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The present system has anotherseriousdefect.
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It is not aseriousdefect.
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That seems to be aseriousdefect.
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It contains a veryseriousdefect.
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I regard that as aseriousdefect.
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That, obviously, is aseriousdefect.
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He did not say "aseriousdefect".
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That seems to me to be a veryseriousdefect.
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This report did not disclose any veryseriousdefect.
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It seems to me a veryseriousdefect.
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That is aseriousdefectin the system.
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This is aseriousdefectin our procedures.
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This is a veryseriousdefectof the compromise.
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The scheme itself suffers from oneseriousdefect.
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