Alternatively, it can be a simple foible or personality defect, which affects the character's motives and social interactions, but little else.

They are usually presented as comic or peculiar characters, often exhibiting a compulsive or obsessive personality defect.

But from what he understood, these were personality defects that ran rampant at Starfleet Medical.

Siegel's personality defect now came home to haunt him, adding a horrifying new dimension to the debacle.

A few little personality defects like indecision but we'll get those sorted out over the next few months.

Hyperbole is always a given in New York, where traits like self-enchantment and self-promotion are far from being considered personality defects.

There is even a term for people who have the personality defects of alcoholics but don't actually drink: dry drunks.

Cranston, watching him, realized that Bennit must be an awfully good doctor to have overcome his obvious personality defect.

Instead Jack is greeted in each season four episode with a new assignment associate, each with a personality defect.