How to pronounce defective
Listen to defective in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
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“defective” in real sentences
506 clips in the index · 94 American · 131 British · 1 New Zealand. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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these defective yeast cells.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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more o overtly defective.
The Atlantic · hear it here
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So this definition is defective.
The Scottish Parliament · hear it here
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Growing up, I felt defective.
The Diary Of A CEO · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of defective. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.