Definitions for: Deficient

[adj] inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
[adj] falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
[adj] of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

Webster (1913) Definition: De*fi"cient, a. [L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of
deficere to be wanting. See Defect.]
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a
requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective;
imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts;
deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.

The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety.
--Macaulay.

Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. --
De*fi"cient-ly, adv.

Synonyms: depleted, inadequate, inferior, insufficient, lacking(p), lean, light, low, nonstandard, poor, scant(p), scarce, short, shy(p), skimpy, substandard, too little, wanting(p)

Antonyms: sufficient

See Also: meager, meagerly, meagre

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