[ dɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt ]
■ adjective not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: a diet ~ in vitamin B.
↘insufficient or inadequate.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
Origin
C16: from L. ~- , deficere (see defect 1 ).
[ dɪ'fɪʃ(ə)nt ]
■ adjective not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: a diet ~ in vitamin B.
↘insufficient or inadequate.
Derivatives
~ly adverb
Origin
C16: from L. ~- , deficere (see defect 1 ).
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004