defective vs working

defective

adj
  • Not capable of representing all the phonemic distinctions of a language it is used to write. 

  • Spelled without matres lectionis, for example אמץ (ómets, “courage”) as opposed to the plene spelling אומץ where the letter vav ⟨ו⟩ indicates the vowel o. 

  • Lacking some forms; e.g., having only one tense or being usable only in the third person. 

  • Having one or more defects. 

  • Having a root whose final consonant is weak (ي, و, or ء). 

adv
  • Without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels) written out. 

noun
  • A word written without matres lectionis (letters indicating vowels). 

  • A person or thing considered to be defective. 

working

adj
  • In paid employment. 

  • Enough to allow one to use something. 

  • Used in real life; practical. 

  • Of or relating to employment. 

  • That suffices but requires additional work. 

  • That is or are functioning. 

noun
  • Method of operation. 

  • Becoming full of a vegetable substance. 

  • Operation; action. 

  • The incidental or subsidiary calculations performed in solving an overall problem. 

  • A train movement. 

  • Fermentation. 

  • A place where work is carried on. 

How often have the words defective and working occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )