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de·fi·cient

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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, esp. one who is mentally defective.

[Origin: 1575–85; < L déficient- (s. of déficiéns, prp. of déficere to fail, run short, lack, weaken), equiv. to dé- de- + fic-, comb. form of facere to make, do¹ + thematic -i- + -ent- -ent

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—Related forms

de·fi·cient·ly, adverb

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de·fi·cient Audio Help (dĭ-fĭsh'ənt) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Lacking an essential quality or element: deficient in common sense.
Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient: a deficient education.

[Latin dēficiēns, dēficient-, present participle of dēficere, to fail, be wanting; see defect.]

de·fi'cient n., de·fi'cient·ly adv.

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deficient

1581, 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
adjective
1.	inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
2.	of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient] [ant: sufficient]
3.	falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
deficient [diˈfiʃənt] adjective

lacking in what is needed
Example: Their food is deficient in vitamins.

Arabic:	ناقِص
Chinese (Simplified):	缺乏的
Chinese (Traditional):	缺乏的
Czech:	postrádající
Danish:	mangelfuld; utilstrækkelig; ufuldkommen
Dutch:	gebrekkig, ontoereikend
Estonian:	puudulik
Finnish:	puutteellinen
French:	défectueux
German:	mangelhaft
Greek:	ελλιπής
Hungarian:	hiányos
Icelandic:	ábótavant
Indonesian:	kurang
Italian:	carente

Japanese:	不足した
Korean:	부족한, 결핍된
Latvian:	nepilnīgs; nepietiekošs
Lithuanian:	stokojantis
Norwegian:	mangelfull, utilstrekkelig
Polish:	wykazujący niedobór
Portuguese (Brazil):	deficiente
Portuguese (Portugal):	deficiente
Romanian:	sărac (în)
Russian:	недостаточный
Slovak:	nepostačujúci
Slovenian:	nezadosten
Spanish:	deficiente
Swedish:	bristande, otillräcklig, fattig
Turkish:	yetersiz, eksik

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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

de·fi·cient (d-fshnt)
adj.

Lacking an essential quality or element.
Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient.

Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Main Entry: ²deficient
Function: noun
: one that is deficient <a mental deficient>

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Main Entry: ¹de·fi·cient
Pronunciation: di-'fish-&nt
Function: adjective
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

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

deficient

A*bun"dant\, a. [OE. (h)abundant, aboundant, F. abondant, fr. L. abudans, p. pr. of abundare. See Abound.] Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." --Exod. xxxiv. 6.

Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.

Syn: Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See Ample.

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