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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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DEFICIENT definition: 1. not having enough of: 2. not good enough: 3. not having enough of: . Learn more.
deficient: [adjective] lacking in some necessary quality or element.
deficient: 1 adj inadequate in amount or degree “a deficient education” “ deficient in common sense” Synonyms: lacking , wanting inadequate , unequal lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task adj of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement Synonyms: insufficient meager , meagerly , meagre , scrimpy , stingy ...
DEFICIENT meaning: 1. not having enough of: 2. not good enough: 3. not having enough of: . Learn more.
DEFICIENCY definition: 1. the state of not having, or not having enough, of something that is needed: 2. the state of not…. Learn more.
deficient (in something) not having enough of something, especially something that is essential a diet that is deficient in vitamin A; Their food is deficient in iron. Your diet is deficient in iron.
2 meanings: 1. lacking some essential; incomplete; defective 2. inadequate in quantity or supply; insufficient.... Click for more definitions.
Deficient definition: lacking some element or characteristic; defective. See examples of DEFICIENT used in a sentence.
Deficient definition: Lacking an essential quality or element. Origin of Deficient Latin dēficiēns dēficient-present participle of dēficere to fail, be wanting defect. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.. From Wiktionary
Define deficient. deficient synonyms, deficient pronunciation, deficient translation, English dictionary definition of deficient. adj. 1. Lacking an essential quality or element: deficient in common sense.
