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11deficient — 1580s, from L. deficientem (nom. deficiens), prp. of deficere to desert, revolt, fail, from de down, away (see DE (Cf. de )) + facere to do, perform (see FACTITIOUS (Cf. factitious)) …
12deficient — [adj] imperfect, inadequate amiss, bad, damaged, defective, exiguous, faulty, flawed, found wanting, impaired, incomplete, inferior, infrequent, injured, insufficient, lacking, marred, meager, not cut out for*, not enough, not make it*, not up to …
13deficient — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient. 2) insufficient or inadequate. ORIGIN Latin, from deficere fail …
14deficient — [[t]dɪfɪ̱ʃ(ə)nt[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu v link ADJ, usu ADJ in n If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly. [FORMAL] ...a diet… …
15deficient — I. adjective Etymology: Latin deficient , deficiens, present participle of deficere to be wanting more at defect Date: 1581 1. lacking in some necessary quality or element < deficient in judgment > 2. not up to a normal standard or complement ;… …
16deficient — de·fi·cient di fish ənt adj 1) lacking in some necessary quality or element <a deficient diet> 2) not up to a normal standard or complement <deficient strength> 3) having, relating to, or characterized by a genetic deletion deficient… …
17deficient — deficiently, adv. /di fish euhnt/, adj. 1. lacking some element or characteristic; defective: deficient in taste. 2. insufficient; inadequate: deficient knowledge. n. 3. a person who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective. [1575 85; < L …
18deficient — de|fi|cient [dıˈfıʃənt] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: deficiens, present participle of deficere; DEFECT1] 1.) not containing or having enough of something ▪ Women who are dieting can become iron deficient. deficient in ▪ patients… …
19deficient — adjective 1 not containing or having enough of something: zinc deficient plants (+ in): a diet deficient in calcium 2 not good enough: Some of the methods used were deficient …
20deficient — defective, deficient Defective means ‘having a defect (= fault)’, whereas deficient means ‘having a deficiency (or lack)’. So eyesight, components, goods, logic, mechanisms, products, workmanship, etc., can all be defective if they are not… …
