deficient

  • 21deficient — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ADVERB ▪ gravely, sadly (esp. BrE), seriously, severely …

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  • 22deficient — adj. deficient in * * * [dɪ fɪʃ(ə)nt] deficient in …

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  • 23deficient — de|fi|cient [ dı fıʃnt ] adjective 1. ) lacking the correct amount of something: a diet deficient in vitamin C 2. ) FORMAL not good enough: INADEQUATE: a deficient education system …

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  • 24deficient — [16] Deficient was acquired from Latin dēficient , the present participial stem of dēficere ‘undo, fail, leave, be lacking’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘away’ and facere ‘do, make’ (a parallel formation lies behind English defeat) …

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  • 25deficient — [dɪ fɪʃ(ə)nt] adjective not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: a diet deficient in vitamin B. ↘insufficient or inadequate. Derivatives deficiently adverb Origin C16: from L. deficient , deficere (see defect1) …

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  • 26deficient — adjective 1) a diet deficient in vitamin A Syn: lacking, wanting, inadequate, insufficient, limited, poor, scant; low 2) deficient leadership Syn: defective, faulty, flawed, inadequa …

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  • 27deficient — UK [dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] / US adjective 1) lacking the correct amount of something a diet deficient in vitamin C 2) formal not good enough a deficient education system …

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  • 28deficient — [dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] adj lacking something, or not good enough a diet deficient in vitamin C[/ex] a deficient education system[/ex] …

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  • 29deficient — de•fi•cient [[t]dɪˈfɪʃ ənt[/t]] adj. 1) lacking some element or characteristic; defective 2) inadequate 3) cvb one who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective • Etymology: 1575–85; < L dēficient , s. of dēficiēns, prp. of dēficere to… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 30deficient — [16] Deficient was acquired from Latin dēficient , the present participial stem of dēficere ‘undo, fail, leave, be lacking’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘away’ and facere ‘do, make’ (a parallel formation lies behind English defeat) …

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