defective
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By comparing the idiosyncratic defectives in the samples, Mason-Brown was able to confirm Williams’ authorship of the shorthand in the mystery book, and the academics attached to the project concurred with his conclusion.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2012
In a ward of 46 chronic female schizophrenics and mental defectives, they exposed patients to the pleasures of cigarettes, television, a choice of roommates, social events and even walks around the hospital grounds.
From Time Magazine Archive
He also had ideas on birth control, libel laws, sterilization of defectives, boxing and politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
New York Senator Jacob Javits objects to "the theory that the department is omniscient and we are the defectives."
From Time Magazine Archive
Segregation: in dihybrids, 84; Mendelian, 69, 70, 75; of defectives, 318.
From Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics by Guyer, Michael F.
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