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adjective
1.
lacking some element or characteristic; defective: deficient in taste.
2.
insufficient; inadequate: deficient knowledge.
noun
3.
a person who is deficient, especially one who is mentally defective.
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Deficient
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Origin:
1575–85; < Latin dēficient- (stem of dēficiēns, present participle of dēficere to fail, run short, lack, weaken), equivalent to dē- de- + fic-, combining form of facere to make, do1 + thematic -i- + -ent- -ent
1575–85; < Latin dēficient- (stem of dēficiēns, present participle of dēficere to fail, run short, lack, weaken), equivalent to dē- de- + fic-, combining form of facere to make, do1 + thematic -i- + -ent- -ent
Related forms
de·fi·cient·ly, adverb
non·de·fi·cient, adjective
non·de·fi·cient·ly, adverb
pre·de·fi·cient, adjective
pre·de·fi·cient·ly, adverb
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Example Sentences
- The two deficient enzymes mentioned in the article are products of genes being read and proteins being synthesized.
- Being different does not mean one is deficient.
- Others blame deficient demand for the country's stubbornly high unemployment.
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Word Origin & History
deficient
1580s, from L. deficientem (nom. deficiens), prp. of deficere "to desert, fail," from de- "down, away" + facere "to do, perform" (see factitious).
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deficient de·fi·cient (dĭ-fĭsh'ənt)
adj.
Lacking an essential quality or element.
Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient.
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