DEFICIENT


Meaning of DEFICIENT in English

[de.fi.cient] adj [L deficient-, deficiens, prp. of deficere to be wanting--more at defect] (1581) 1: lacking in some necessary quality or element "~ in judgment"

2: not up to a normal standard or complement: defective "~ strength" -- de.fi.cient.ly adv

[2]deficient n (1906): one that is deficient "a mental ~"

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