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deficient

[dih-fish-uhnt]

adjective

  1. lacking some element or characteristic; defective.

    deficient in taste.

  2. insufficient; inadequate.

    deficient knowledge.



noun

  1. a person who is deficient, especially one who is mentally defective.

deficient

/ ɪˈɪʃəԳ /

adjective

  1. lacking some essential; incomplete; defective

  2. inadequate in quantity or supply; insufficient

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • deficiently adverb
  • nondeficient adjective
  • nondeficiently adverb
  • predeficient adjective
  • predeficiently adverb
  • undeficient adjective
  • undeficiently adverb
  • ˈھԳٱ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deficient1

First recorded in 1575–85; from Latin ŧھԳ-, stem of ŧھŧԲ “failing,” present participle of ŧھ “to fail, run short, lack, weaken,” from ŧ- de- + ficere, combining form of facere “to do, make” ( do 1 )
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of deficient1

C16: from Latin ŧھŧԲ lacking, from ŧھ to fall short; see defect
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The White House said Harvard had failed to provide sufficient information to the DHS about "foreign students' known illegal or dangerous activities" and reported "deficient data on only three students".

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Low reservoir levels and reduced river flows have become commonplace across the UK due to a spring deficient in rain.

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Prosecutors allege his death could have been avoided and describe the care given as "reckless, deficient and unprecedented".

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Vitamin A - a nutrient found in cod liver oil - is sometimes offered as a part of a treatment for measles, especially if someone is deficient, Dr Cook said.

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Being deficient may impair the immune system, but for the vast majority there is little to be gained from having extra.

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