Deficient Definition

dĭ-fĭshənt
adjective
Lacking in some essential; incomplete; defective.
Webster's New World
Inadequate in amount, quality, or degree; not sufficient.
Webster's New World

Lacking something essential; often construed with in.

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noun
A deficient person or thing.
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Origin of Deficient

  • Latin dēficiēns dēficient- present participle of dēficere to fail, be wanting defect

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

Deficient Sentence Examples

  • They are both deficient in solidity and in permanent interest.

  • Fortunately Frederick had never been deficient in courage.

  • Although deficient in technical training, he handled with great skill the difficult problems which were presented by the Civil War.

  • Boots were worn out, greatcoats deficient, transport almost unattainable and, according to modern ideas, the army would have been considered incapable of action.

  • For a people so accustomed to revolutionary outbreaks, the Venezuelans are singularly deficient in military organization.

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Words Starting With

DDEDEF

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With D and Ending With T

Starts With D & Ends With TStarts With DE & Ends With TStarts With D & Ends With NT

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With D9 Letter Words Ending With T