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21deficient — deficiently, adv. /di fish euhnt/, adj. 1. lacking some element or characteristic; defective: deficient in taste. 2. insufficient; inadequate: deficient knowledge. n. 3. a person who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective. [1575 85; < L …
22deficient — de|fi|cient [dıˈfıʃənt] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: deficiens, present participle of deficere; DEFECT1] 1.) not containing or having enough of something ▪ Women who are dieting can become iron deficient. deficient in ▪ patients… …
23deficient — adjective 1 not containing or having enough of something: zinc deficient plants (+ in): a diet deficient in calcium 2 not good enough: Some of the methods used were deficient …
24deficient — defective, deficient Defective means ‘having a defect (= fault)’, whereas deficient means ‘having a deficiency (or lack)’. So eyesight, components, goods, logic, mechanisms, products, workmanship, etc., can all be defective if they are not… …
25deficient — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ADVERB ▪ gravely, sadly (esp. BrE), seriously, severely …
26deficient — adj. deficient in * * * [dɪ fɪʃ(ə)nt] deficient in …
27deficient — de|fi|cient [ dı fıʃnt ] adjective 1. ) lacking the correct amount of something: a diet deficient in vitamin C 2. ) FORMAL not good enough: INADEQUATE: a deficient education system …
28deficient — [16] Deficient was acquired from Latin dēficient , the present participial stem of dēficere ‘undo, fail, leave, be lacking’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘away’ and facere ‘do, make’ (a parallel formation lies behind English defeat) …
29deficient — [dɪ fɪʃ(ə)nt] adjective not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: a diet deficient in vitamin B. ↘insufficient or inadequate. Derivatives deficiently adverb Origin C16: from L. deficient , deficere (see defect1) …
30deficient — adjective 1) a diet deficient in vitamin A Syn: lacking, wanting, inadequate, insufficient, limited, poor, scant; low 2) deficient leadership Syn: defective, faulty, flawed, inadequa …
