Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defective number

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
de-fec-tive num-ber
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deficient number.

Inflected Forms

defective numbers (plural)

Questions

What does defective number mean?
A deficient number.

How to pronounce defective number

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