defectively

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The company has denied the plug was defectively or negligently designed or that the plugs caused injuries, and said in a statement that it will “vigorously defend ourselves against such allegations.”

From Reuters • Mar. 29, 2021

Last year, a jury found that the mower was defectively designed and awarded Isabelle $12.25 million, holding Deere 78 percent responsible for the damages.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2019

A federal jury awarded Yeaman nearly $1 million, but a judge set aside that award, ruling there was no evidence the bat was defectively designed.

From Washington Times • Jun. 30, 2014

In the case set for trial next month, lawyers for Florida resident Marianne Chapman alleges Procter & Gamble defectively designed Fixodent by including zinc in its formulation, according to court filings.

From BusinessWeek • May 3, 2011

It was very poorly examined for Walton's Polyglott, better though defectively by Mill, seen by Wetstein in 1716, minutely collated by Scrivener in 1860.

From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. I. by Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose