DEFICIENT


Meaning of DEFICIENT in English

[ 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 ).

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