deficient

de·fi·cient  (d-fshnt)

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 dficins, dficient-, present participle of dficere, to fail, be wanting; see defect.]

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de·ficient n.

de·ficient·ly adv.

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deficient

Adjective

1. lacking something essential

2. inadequate in quantity or quality [Latin deficere to fall short]

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

adjective 2. unsatisfactory, weak, flawed, inferior, impaired, faulty, incomplete, defective, imperfect

Translations

deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt] adj (= lacking) → insuficiente (= incomplete); incompleto (= defective); defectuoso;

(mentally) → anormal;

deficient in → deficiente en

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deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt] deficiency adj (= inadequate) → insuffisant(e) (= defective); défectueux/euse;

to be deficient in → manquer de

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deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt] adj sb/sth is deficient in sth → jdm/etw fehlt es an etw dat

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deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt] adj → deficiente; insufficiente;

to be deficient in → mancare di

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deficient

adj deficient [diˈfiʃənt]

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

n deˈficiency

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