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deficient
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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.

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

de·ficient n.
de·ficient·ly adv.

deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt]
adj
1. lacking some essential; incomplete; defective
2. inadequate in quantity or supply; insufficient
[from Latin dēficiēns lacking, from dēficere to fall short; see defect]
deficiently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.deficient - inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found 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"
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"
nonstandard - varying from or not adhering to a standard; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board"

deficient
adjective
1. lacking, wanting, needing, short, inadequate, insufficient, scarce, scant, meagre, skimpy, scanty, exiguous a diet deficient in vitamins
Translations
deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt] ADJ (gen) → deficiente; (in quantity) → insuficiente; (= incomplete) → incompleto; (= defective) → defectuoso
to be deficient in sthestar falto de algo
his diet is deficient in vitamin Csu dieta está falta de vitamina C
mentally deficientdeficiente mental

deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt] 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

deficient
adjunzulänglich; somebody/something is deficient in somethingjdm/einer Sache fehlt es an etw (dat); a diet deficient in ironeine Ernährung, die nicht genug Eisen enthält ? mentally

deficient [dɪˈfɪʃnt] adjdeficiente, insufficiente
to be deficient in sth → mancare di qc
deficient [dɪˈfɪʃnt] adjdeficiente, insufficiente
to be deficient in sth → mancare di qc

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 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
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 부족하게 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


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She symbolizes the belief that women are made only deficiently in the image of God, and are ultimately a symbol of evil and of dependent, sinful humanity.
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