deficient

See also: déficient

English

Etymology

From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere ‎(“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɪʃənt/

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Adjective

deficient ‎(comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)

1. Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
2. Insufficient or inadequate in amount.

Related terms

• defect
• defection
• defective
• defector
• deficiency
• deficit

Translations

lacking something essential

• Bulgarian: несъвършен (bg) ‎(nesǎvǎršen), с недостатъци ‎(s nedostatǎci)
• Catalan: deficient
• Finnish: puutteellinen (fi)
• German: mangelhaft (de)

• Irish: díothach, uireasach, easpach
• Italian: deficiente (it)
• Portuguese: deficiente (pt)
• Romanian: deficient (ro) m, n
• Spanish: deficiente

insufficient or inadequate in amount

• Bulgarian: недостатъчен (bg) ‎(nedostatǎčen), недостигащ ‎(nedostigašt)
• Catalan: deficient
• Dutch: gebrekkig (nl)

• Finnish: riittämätön
• Maori: pahara, pūhungahunga, takarepa, huka
• Spanish: deficiente

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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Latin

Verb

dēficient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēficiō