deficient en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /dɪˈfɪʃənt/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.
Meanings
-
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
His voice is beautiful but deficient in power.
They were deficient in social skills.
My diet is deficient in vitamin D.
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Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient.
1882, Edward Tuckerman, Henry Willey, A Synopsis of the North American Lichens (part 1)
- Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n) < 2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n) < n.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most deficient | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more deficient | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
self-deficient · phosphodeficient · indeficient · multideficient · rank-deficient · immunodeficient · deficientness · haplodeficient · undeficient · bideficient · biodeficient · pseudodeficient · demand-deficient unemployment · nondeficient · hyperdeficient · deficient-demand unemployment · mental deficient · deficient number · deficiently
Relateds
deficiency · defector · defective · defection · deficit · defect
Synonyms
robbed of · stripped of · deficient of · bereft of · absent · destitute of · void of · awanting · poor in · wanting · leer · deprived of · void of · lacking · absent · shorn of · devoid of · poor in
Translations (46)
sa ऊन (lacking something essential) · uk позба́влений (lacking something essential) · ota نقصان (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ota نقصان (lacking something essential) · uk недоста́тній (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ota اكسیك (lacking something essential) · fi puutteellinen (lacking something essential) · tr eksik (lacking something essential) · de defizient (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ro deficient (lacking something essential) · mi pūhungahunga (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ota اكسیك (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ro deficient (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · cy diffygiol (lacking something essential) · bg с недостатъци (lacking something essential) · mi pahara (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · sv bristfällig (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · mi huka (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ro insuficient (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · es deficiente (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · tr az (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ca deficient (lacking something essential) · uk недоскона́лий (lacking something essential) · nl gebrekkig (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ca deficient (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ga uireasach (lacking something essential) · gl deficiente (lacking something essential) · ga díothach (lacking something essential) · mi takarepa (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · id defisien (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · bg недостатъчен (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · sa ऊन (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · es deficiente (lacking something essential) · it deficiente (lacking something essential) · pt deficiente (lacking something essential) · tr eksik (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · grc λείπομαι (lacking something essential) · bg недостигащ (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · da mangelfuld (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · bg несъвършен (lacking something essential) · fi riittämätön (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · id defisien (lacking something essential) · nl tekortschietend (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · uk непо́вний (insufficient or inadequate in amount) · ga easpach (lacking something essential) · de mangelhaft (lacking something essential)