deficient
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.
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[edit] Adjective
deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)
- Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
- Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
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lacking something essential
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insufficient or inadequate in amount
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[edit] External links
- deficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- deficient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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[edit] Verb
dēficient
- third-person plural future active indicative of dēficiō
