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Definition of Deficient

1. Adjective. Inadequate in amount or degree. "Tested and found wanting"

2. Adjective. Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement. "Insufficient funds"

3. Adjective. Falling short of some prescribed norm. "Substandard housing"

Definition of Deficient

1. a. Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.

Definition of Deficient

1. Adjective. Lacking something essential; ''often construed with'' in''. ¹

2. Adjective. Insufficient or inadequate in amount. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Deficient

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Deficient

1. Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment. "The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety." (Macaulay) Deficient number. See Abundant. Defi"cient-ly. Origin: L. Deficiens, -entis, p. Pr. Of deficere to be wanting. See Defect. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Deficient

defibrination defibrinations defibrinize defibrinized defibrinizes defibrinizing deficience deficiences deficiencies deficiency

deficiency anaemia deficiency disease deficiency diseases deficiency mutant deficiency symptom deficient (current term) deficient number deficient numbers deficiently deficients

deficit deficit spending deficits defied defier defiers defies defiguration defigure defigured

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