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deficient Adjective 1. lacking something essential 2. inadequate in quantity or quality [Latin deficere to fall short]
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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 deficient [dɪˈfɪʃənt] deficiency adj (= inadequate) → insuffisant(e) (= defective); défectueux/euse; to be deficient in → manquer de 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 |
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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. Fitch believes that the industry's loss reserve position has improved considerably in the last four years as reserves for recent hard market accident years were set at more prudent levels, while reserves established during the last soft market that developed deficiently are largely paid and represent an ever smaller percentage of total reserves. |
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