"deficient" meaning in English

See deficient in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /dɪˈfɪʃənt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-deficient.ogg Forms: more deficient [comparative], most deficient [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪʃənt Etymology: From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{uder|en|la|deficiens}} Latin deficiens Head templates: {{en-adj}} deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)
  1. Lacking something essential; often construed with in. Translations (lacking something essential): λείπομαι (leípomai) (english: to be deficient) (Ancient Greek), несъвършен (nesǎvǎršen) (Bulgarian), с недостатъци (s nedostatǎci) (Bulgarian), deficient (Catalan), puutteellinen (Finnish), deficiente (Galician), mangelhaft (German), defisien (Indonesian), díothach (Irish), uireasach (Irish), easpach (Irish), deficiente (Italian), deficiente (Portuguese), deficient (Romanian), ऊन (ūna) (Sanskrit), deficiente (Spanish), недоскона́лий (nedoskonályj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), позба́влений (pozbávlenyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), diffygiol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-deficient-en-adj-l-gvQmxK Categories (other): Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 12 35 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 12 36 36 Disambiguation of 'lacking something essential': 94 3 3
  2. Insufficient or inadequate in amount. Translations (insufficient or inadequate in amount): недостатъчен (nedostatǎčen) (Bulgarian), недостигащ (nedostigašt) (Bulgarian), deficient (Catalan), mangelfuld (Danish), gebrekkig (Dutch), tekortschietend (Dutch), riittämätön (Finnish), defizient (German), defisien (Indonesian), pahara (Maori), pūhungahunga (Maori), takarepa (Maori), huka (Maori), insuficient (Romanian), deficient (Romanian), ऊन (ūna) (Sanskrit), deficiente (Spanish), bristfällig (Swedish), недоста́тній (nedostátnij) [masculine] (Ukrainian), непо́вний (nepóvnyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deficient-en-adj-DlUWku~0 Categories (other): Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 12 35 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 12 36 36 Disambiguation of 'insufficient or inadequate in amount': 4 94 2
  3. (mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n) Categories (topical): Mathematics
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: defect, defection, defective, defector, deficiency, deficit

Noun

IPA: /dɪˈfɪʃənt/ [UK] Audio: en-us-deficient.ogg Forms: deficients [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪʃənt Etymology: From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dʰeh₁-}}, {{uder|en|la|deficiens}} Latin deficiens Head templates: {{en-noun}} deficient (plural deficients)
  1. A person who is deficient.
    Sense id: en-deficient-en-noun-nfox8y8j Categories (other): Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 12 35 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 12 36 36

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