- 1. a. Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment. Source: opted
- 2. adj. inadequate in amount or degree Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement Source: wordnet
- 4. adj. falling short of some prescribed norm Source: wordnet
- 5. Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment. The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay. Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. -- De*fi"cient-ly, adv. Source: webster
- 6. Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards arequirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect;incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficientstrength; deficient in judgment.The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay.Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant.-- De*fi"cient-ly, adv. Source: adambom
- 7. j:100 s. inadequate in amount or degree s. falling short of some prescribed norm Source: ecdict
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