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Webster 1913 Edition


Deficient

De-fi′cient

,
Adj.
[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.
De-fi′cient-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition


Deficient

DEFICIENT

, a.
1.
Wanting; defective; imperfect; not sufficient or adequate; as deficient estate; deficient strength.
2.
Wanting; not having a full or adequate supply; as, the country may be deficient in the means of carrying on war.
Deficient numbers, in arithmetic, are those numbers, whose parts, added together, make less than the integer, whose parts they are.

Definition 2024


deficient

deficient

See also: déficient

English

Adjective

deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)

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

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Translations

External links

  • deficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • deficient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Verb

dēficient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēficiō