Search results
- Dictionaryde·fi·cient/dəˈfiSH(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: "this diet is deficient in vitamin B"
- 2. having an intellectual disability. dated, offensive
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
The meaning of DEFICIENT is lacking in some necessary quality or element. How to use deficient in a sentence.
lacking or not good enough: A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children.
Deficient definition: lacking some element or characteristic; defective. See examples of DEFICIENT used in a sentence.
Aug 17, 2024 · deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient) They were deficient in social skills. Insufficient or inadequate in amount. (mathematics) 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.
Deficient means not enough or not adequate. Maybe you were deficient in caffeine that day. Maybe you were lacking in study time. But no doubt about it: you came up with a deficient number of correct answers on the physics test.
adjective. us / dɪˈfɪʃ·ənt / Add to word list. lacking or not good enough: A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children. (Definition of deficient from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of deficient.
1. lacking some essential; incomplete; defective. 2. inadequate in quantity or supply; insufficient. [C16: from Latin dēficiēns lacking, from dēficere to fall short; see defect] deˈficiently adv.
Inadequate in amount, quality, or degree; not sufficient. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Lacking something essential; often construed with in. Wiktionary. Synonyms: insufficient. substandard. inferior. wanting. lacking. unreached. meagre. immature. dysgenic. rudimentary. underdeveloped. scanty. mediocre. crude. minus. Antonyms:
deficient (in something) not having enough of something, especially something that is essential. a diet that is deficient in vitamin A; Their food is deficient in iron. Your diet is deficient in iron.
If someone or something is deficient in a particular thing, they do not have the full amount of it that they need in order to function normally or work properly.
