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adjective
- 1. not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: "this diet is deficient in vitamin B"
- 2. having an intellectual disability. dated, offensive
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lacking or not good enough: A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children.
Jun 22, 2012 · noun. : a person or thing that is deficient. Synonyms. Adjective. fragmental. fragmentary. halfway. incomplete. partial. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
Deficient definition: lacking some element or characteristic; defective. See examples of DEFICIENT used in a sentence.
Deficient means not enough or not adequate. Maybe you were deficient in caffeine that day. Maybe you were lacking in study time. But no doubt about it: you came up with a deficient number of correct answers on the physics test.
long on something and short on something idiom. lousy. peanut. scarce. scarcity. scrubby. shortage. shortfall. shy. skinny. See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Not good enough. (Definition of deficient from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
DEFICIENCY definition: 1. the state of not having, or not having enough, of something that is needed: 2. the state of not…. Learn more.
Definition of deficient adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
de·fi·cient. (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 Definition. dĭ-fĭshənt. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Noun. Filter. adjective. Lacking in some essential; incomplete; defective. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Inadequate in amount, quality, or degree; not sufficient. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
