deficient

Meaning of deficient

adjective
  1. not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient.
    this diet is deficient in vitamin B
  2. having mental disabilities.

late 16th century (originally in the theological phrase deficient cause, denoting a failure or deficiency that has a particular consequence): from Latin deficient- ‘failing’, from the verb deficere (see defect1).

Information about deficient

  • It is an adjective.
  • The plural form of deficient is: deficients.
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Hyphenation of deficient

de-fi-cient

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • deficient is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

deficient synonyms

Meaning lacking:

lacking, wanting

Meaning insufficient:

insufficient

Meaning inferior:

inferior, substandard

Translation of deficient

Words that rhyme with deficient

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