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/dɪˈfɪʃənt/
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D IH0 F IH1 SH AH0 N T
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Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
They were deficient in social skills.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: absent, poor in, void of, awanting, bereft of, deficient of, deprived of, destitute of, devoid of, lacking, leer, robbed of, shorn of, stripped of, wanting
Antonyms: none provided
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n)<n.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A person who is deficient.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: insufficient
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
inadequate in amount or degree
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
a deficient education deficient in common sense lacking in stamina tested and found wanting
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lacking(p), wanting(p)
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 7
falling short of some prescribed norm
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inferior, substandard
Antonyms: none provided
From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.
Across languages
Translations 46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
несъвършен
(nesǎvǎršen)
— lacking something essential
Bulgarian :
с недостатъци
(s nedostatǎci)
— lacking something essential
Catalan :
deficient
— lacking something essential
Finnish :
puutteellinen
— lacking something essential
Galician :
deficiente
— lacking something essential
German :
mangelhaft
— lacking something essential
Ancient Greek :
λείπομαι
(leípomai)
— lacking something essential
Indonesian :
defisien
— lacking something essential
Irish :
díothach
— lacking something essential
Irish :
uireasach
— lacking something essential
Irish :
easpach
— lacking something essential
Italian :
deficiente
— lacking something essential
Portuguese :
deficiente
— lacking something essential
Romanian :
deficient
— lacking something essential
Sanskrit :
ऊन
(ūna)
— lacking something essential
Spanish :
deficiente
— lacking something essential
Turkish :
eksik
— lacking something essential
Ottoman Turkish :
اكسیك
(eksik)
— lacking something essential
Ottoman Turkish :
نقصان
(noksan)
— lacking something essential
Ukrainian :
недоскона́лий
(nedoskonályj)
— lacking something essential
Ukrainian :
позба́влений
(pozbávlenyj)
— lacking something essential
Welsh :
diffygiol
— lacking something essential
Bulgarian :
недостатъчен
(nedostatǎčen)
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Bulgarian :
недостигащ
(nedostigašt)
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Catalan :
deficient
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Danish :
mangelfuld
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Dutch :
gebrekkig
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Dutch :
tekortschietend
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Finnish :
riittämätön
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
German :
defizient
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Indonesian :
defisien
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Māori :
pahara
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Māori :
pūhungahunga
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Māori :
takarepa
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Māori :
huka
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Romanian :
insuficient
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Romanian :
deficient
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Sanskrit :
ऊन
(ūna)
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Spanish :
deficiente
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Swedish :
bristfällig
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Turkish :
eksik
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Turkish :
az
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Ottoman Turkish :
اكسیك
(eksik)
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Ottoman Turkish :
نقصان
(noksan)
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Ukrainian :
недоста́тній
(nedostátnij)
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
Ukrainian :
непо́вний
(nepóvnyj)
— insufficient or inadequate in amount
