Definition of deficients Deficients
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What does deficients mean?
Part of speech
🔤- deficients, noun, plural of deficient.
WordNet
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| deficient - falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing" | ||
| inferior, substandard | ||
| nonstandard not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence; "a nonstandard text" | ||
| deficient - inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" | ||
| lacking, wanting | ||
| inadequate, unequal lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" | ||
| deficient - of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds" | ||
| insufficient | ||
| sufficient of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food" | ||
| meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare" | ||
| quantity an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition" | ||
| depleted, low no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted" | ||
| inadequate, poor, short lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" | ||
| skimpy, lean not profitable or prosperous; "a lean year" | ||
| scant, short, light tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening; "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"; "a short flaky pie crust" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- deficient (Adjective)
Lacking something essential; often construed with in. - deficient (Adjective)
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- deficient (a.)
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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deficient
Lacking something essential.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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deficient
de-fish′ent, adj. wanting.—n. Defic′iency (sometimes Defic′ience), defect.—adv. Defic′iently.—ns. Defic′ientness; Def′icit, deficiency, esp. of revenue, as compared with expenditure. [L., deficĕre.]
Part of speech
🔤- deficient, noun, singular of deficients.
