{"id":2268,"date":"2020-02-03T05:45:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T05:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2023-09-15T06:05:53","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T06:05:53","slug":"defect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/defect\/","title":{"rendered":"Defect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An imperfection, failure, or absence.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Any non-conformance of a unit of product from specified requirements of a single quality characteristic. Defects are classed as \u201cminor\u201d, \u201cmajor\u201d, \u201csevere\u201d, or \u201ccritical\u201d depending upon the severity and undesirability of the defect.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An unsatisfactory or imperfect feature of something.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A lack of something which is necessary.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Abnormality, either the absence of a part, ability, or function or its imperfect presence. 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