Defective
Defective adjective - Having a fault.
Usage example: promptly took the defective microwave oven back to the store for a replacement
Perfect
Perfect adjective - Being entirely without fault or flaw.
Usage example: a stunningly perfect performance—not the slightest mistake—won her the gold medal in women's figure skating
Both words in one sentence
- Previously the perfect example of Smug Snake, Defective Detective and Lack of Empathy, by the end of the story she's been shot, is dying, and knows it.
Source: Face Death with Dignity
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