deficient

  • 41deficient number — noun A number that greater than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. The factors of 22 are 1, 2 and 11 and 22, and 1 + 2 + 11 = 14, which is less than 22, so 22 is a deficient number. Syn: defective number …

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  • 42deficient — adjective a) Lacking something essential; often construed with in. b) Insufficient or inadequate in amount. See Also: defect, defection, defective, defector …

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  • 43deficient — Synonyms and related words: adulterated, amiss, arrested, bad, base, blemished, botched, bungling, callow, clumsy, damaged, defective, embryonic, erroneous, failing, fallible, faulty, flawed, found wanting, half assed, haphazard, hit and miss,… …

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  • 44deficient — de|fi|ci|ent Mot Agut Nom masculí …

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  • 45deficient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lacking, wanting, inadequate, insufficient, imperfect, incomplete. See inferiority, imperfection, insufficiency.Ant., adequate, ample. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Inadequate] Syn. insufficient,… …

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  • 46deficient — de fi·cient || nt adj. lacking, without; defective; absent …

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  • 47deficient — a. Defective, insufficient, imperfect, incomplete, inadequate, unsatisfactory …

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  • 48deficient — adj 1. lacking, wanting, incomplete, unfinished; defective, flawed, impaired, imperfect; in firm, weak, faulty, unsound, inferior, poor, bad; not up to par, not up to snuff. 2. inadequate, insufficient, unsatisfactory; short, scarce, sketchy,… …

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  • 49deficient — de·fi·cient …

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  • 50deficient — /dəˈfɪʃənt / (say duh fishuhnt) adjective 1. lacking some element or characteristic; defective. 2. insufficient; inadequate. {Latin dēficiens, present participle, failing to do} –deficiently, adverb …