deficient : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: deficient	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
deficient adj inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" Synonym(s): deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" Synonym(s): insufficient, deficient Antonym(s): sufficient falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" Synonym(s): deficient, inferior, substandard
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Deficient \Defi"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.