defectiveness
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When I look at photographs of my 22-year-old self, so convinced of her own defectiveness, I see a perfectly normal girl and I think about aliens.
From The Guardian ● May 8, 2016
The standard reactions to her artistic defectiveness were masochistic joy and a perverse desire to share the spectacularly failed artwork with others.
From Slate ● Jan. 23, 2013
The defectiveness of his means to feed his army until it should reach the abundant country below him, presented an impediment to his farther progress, not readily to be surmounted.
From The Life of George Washington, Vol. 2 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States by John Marshall
Spinoza's aim in revealing the defectiveness of the Bible was not theological but philosophical.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Joseph Ratner
Mademoiselle de Tourville, I should state, spoke English exceedingly well as far as the rules of syntax and the meanings of words went, and with an accent charming in its very defectiveness.
From The Experiences of a Barrister, and Confessions of an Attorney by Samuel Warren
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