deficient
Meaning of deficient
- not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient.
this diet is deficient in vitamin B
- 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.
- Languages in which deficient is used:
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CatalanHyphenation 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:
Meaning insufficient:
Meaning inferior:
Translation of deficient
- Italian: carente, deficente
- German: mangelhaft
- Spanish: deficiente
- French: déficient
Words that rhyme with deficient
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