defectively
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The jury in the midwestern state of Missouri on Thursday rejected claims that Roundup was defectively designed and should not have been sold.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
The lawsuit argues both platforms were defectively designed and engaged in false marketing about safety for young users and so should be held liable for the harm young John Doe came to.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
The judge, though, dismissed some claims that the defendants' platforms were defectively designed.
From Reuters ● Nov. 14, 2023
Austin Bartlett, a Chicago attorney representing the families of 60 of the crash victims, said the report “lends credibility to the plaintiffs’ theory of the case that this was fundamentally a defectively designed aircraft.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2019
It is not very robust, works defectively and often fails.
From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Max Simon Nordau
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