Definition of "defectives" [defectives]

• Plural form of defective. (noun)

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• "When you're called on that, you observe that "The Nazis used Wiemar social welfare files, after all, to locate and eliminate thousands of 'defectives' and 'inferiors.'""
• "The Nazis used Wiemar social welfare files, after all, to locate and eliminate thousands of 'defectives' and 'inferiors.'"
• "Not only are the deaf often looked upon as a strange class in the community, but they are not uncommonly known as "defectives," and this is the classification frequently applied to them."