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deficient
de·fi·cient D0093400 (dĭ-fĭsh′ənt)adj.1. Lacking an essential quality or element: deficient in common sense.2. Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient: a deficient education.
[Latin dēficiēns, dēficient-, present participle of dēficere, to fail, be wanting; see defect.]
de·fi′cient n.de·fi′cient·ly adv.deficient (dɪˈfɪʃənt) adj1. lacking some essential; incomplete; defective2. inadequate in quantity or supply; insufficient[C16: from Latin dēficiēns lacking, from dēficere to fall short; see defect] deˈficiently advde•fi•cient (dɪˈfɪʃ ənt)
adj. 1. lacking some element or characteristic; defective. 2. inadequate. n. 3. one who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective. [1575–85; < Latin dēficient-, s. of dēficiēns, present participle of dēficere to fail, weaken] de•fi′cient•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | deficient - inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"lacking, wantinginadequate, unequal - lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" | | 2. | deficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"insufficientmeager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy - deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" | | 3. | deficient - falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"substandard, inferiornonstandard - varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board" |
deficientadjective1. lacking, wanting, needing, short, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, scant, meagre, skimpy, scanty, exiguous a diet deficient in vitamins2. unsatisfactory, poor, inadequate, weak, flawed, inferior, impaired, faulty, incomplete, unsuitable, defective, imperfect, unworthy deficient landing systemsdeficientadjective1. Lacking an essential element:defective, incomplete, lacking, wanting.2. Not enough to meet a demand or requirement:inadequate, insufficient, scarce, short, shy, under, wanting.Translationsdeficient (diˈfiʃənt) adjective lacking in what is needed. Their food is deficient in vitamins. 缺乏的 缺乏的deˈficiency – plural deˈficiencies – noun (a) shortage or absence of what is needed. 缺乏 缺乏EncyclopediaSeedeficiencyLegalSeeDeficiencydeficient
Related to deficient: Deficient numberSynonyms for deficientadj lackingSynonyms- lacking
- wanting
- needing
- short
- inadequate
- insufficient
- scarce
- scant
- meagre
- skimpy
- scanty
- exiguous
adj unsatisfactorySynonyms- unsatisfactory
- poor
- inadequate
- weak
- flawed
- inferior
- impaired
- faulty
- incomplete
- unsuitable
- defective
- imperfect
- unworthy
Synonyms for deficientadj lacking an essential elementSynonyms- defective
- incomplete
- lacking
- wanting
adj not enough to meet a demand or requirementSynonyms- inadequate
- insufficient
- scarce
- short
- shy
- under
- wanting
Synonyms for deficientadj inadequate in amount or degreeSynonymsRelated Wordsadj of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirementSynonymsRelated Words- meager
- meagerly
- meagre
- scrimpy
- stingy
adj falling short of some prescribed normSynonymsRelated Words |