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"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*dʰeh₁-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "deficiens"
},
"expansion": "Latin deficiens",
"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "deficere",
"3": "",
"4": "to lack, fail, be wanting"
},
"expansion": "deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "deficients",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "deficient (plural deficients)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2004, Steven Noll, James Trent, Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Reader, page 316",
"text": "This was justified by the rationale that mental deficients, by definition, are not able to succeed in society.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person who is deficient."
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/dɪˈfɪʃənt/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɪʃənt"
},
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"audio": "en-us-deficient.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/5/54/En-us-deficient.ogg/En-us-deficient.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/En-us-deficient.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
}
],
"word": "deficient"
}
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