deficient

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.

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[Latin dēficiēns, dēficient-, present participle of dēficere, to fail, be wanting; see defect.]

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de·fi′cient n.

de·fi′cient·ly adv.

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deficient

(dɪˈfɪʃənt)

adj

1. lacking some essential; incomplete; defective

2. inadequate in quantity or supply; insufficient

[C16: from Latin dēficiēns lacking, from dēficere to fall short; see defect]

deˈficiently adv

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de•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.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	deficient - inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" lacking, wanting inadequate, 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" insufficient meager, 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, inferior nonstandard - varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board"

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deficient

adjective

1. lacking, wanting, needing, short, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, scant, meagre, skimpy, scanty, exiguous a diet deficient in vitamins

2. unsatisfactory, poor, inadequate, weak, flawed, inferior, impaired, faulty, incomplete, unsuitable, defective, imperfect, unworthy deficient landing systems

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deficient

adjective

1. Lacking an essential element:

defective, incomplete, lacking, wanting.

2. Not enough to meet a demand or requirement:

inadequate, insufficient, scarce, short, shy, under, wanting.

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Translations

ناقِص

postrádající

mangelfuldufuldkommenutilstrækkelig

mangelhaftarm

riittämätön

défectueuxdéficient

ábótavant

deficientedeficiente mentaledifettivomancante

stokastokojantis

nepietiekošsnepilnīgs

utilstrekkelig

nepostačujúci

nezadostenpomanjkljiv

eksikyetersiz

缺乏的

deficient

[dɪˈfɪʃənt] ADJ (gen) → deficiente; (in quantity) → insuficiente; (= incomplete) → incompleto; (= defective) → defectuoso
to be deficient in sth → estar falto de algo
his diet is deficient in vitamin C → su dieta está falta de vitamina C
mentally deficient → deficiente mental

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

deficient

[dɪˈfɪʃ^ənt] adj

(= inadequate) [service, equipment] → défectueux/euse

(= lacking) deficient in → carencé(e) en, pauvre en
a diet deficient in vitamin B → un régime carencé en vitamine B, un régime pauvre en vitamine B
to be deficient in sth (gen) → manquer de qch; (in vitamin, mineral) → avoir une carence en qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

deficient

adj → unzulänglich; somebody/something is deficient in something → jdm/einer Sache fehlt es an etw (dat); a diet deficient in iron → eine Ernährung, die nicht genug Eisen enthält ? mentally

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deficient

[dɪˈfɪʃ/ənt] adj → deficiente, insufficiente
to be deficient in sth → mancare di qc

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

deficient

(diˈfiʃənt) adjective

lacking in what is needed. Their food is deficient in vitamins. gebrekkig, ontbrekend ناقِص недостатъчен deficiente postrádající mangelhaft mangelfuld; utilstrækkelig; ufuldkommen ελλιπήςdeficiente puudulik ناقص؛ دارای کمبود puutteellinen défectueuxחסר अपूर्ण manjkav hiányos kurang ábótavant carente 不足した 부족한 stokojantis nepilnīgs; nepietiekošs kurang gebrekkig, ontoereikendmangelfull, utilstrekkelig wykazujący niedobór نيمګړې، نيمكله، نا مكمل deficiente să­rac (în) недостаточный nepostačujúci nezadosten oskudan bristande, otillräcklig, [vitamin]fattig ขาด yetersiz, eksik 缺乏的 недостатній; позбавлений ناقص thiếu hụt 缺乏的

deˈficiency – plural deˈficiencies – noun

(a) shortage or absence of what is needed. gebrek, tekort نَقْص، نُقْصان недостиг deficiência nedostatek der Mangel mangelfuldhed; utilstrækkelighed; ufuldkommenhed έλλειψηdeficiencia (millegi) puudus کمبود؛ نقص puute manqueמחסור कमी nedostatak, nestašica hiány kekurangan skortur, vöntun scarsità, mancanza 不足 부족하게 stoka trūkums kekuranagan tekortmangel, skort, mangelfullhetniedobór نا مکمل deficiência lipsă, deficienţă недостаток; дефицит nedostatok pomanjkanje manjak bristfällighet, ofullständighet ความขาดแคลน yetersizlik, eksiklik 缺乏 нестача; відсутність قلت sự thiếu hụt 缺乏

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deficient

a. deficiente, careciente.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

deficient

adj deficiente; to be — in carecer de, faltar(le) (a uno)

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