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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. inadequate in amount or degree;
- Example: "a deficient education"
- Example: "deficient in common sense"
- Example: "lacking in stamina"
- Example: "tested and found wanting"
[syn: deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)]

2. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;
- Example: "insufficient funds"
[syn: insufficient, deficient]

3. falling short of some prescribed norm;
- Example: "substandard housing"
[syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Deficient \De*fi"cient\, a. [L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of
   deficere to be wanting. See Defect.]
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

         The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety.
                                                  --Macaulay.
   [1913 Webster]

   Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. --
      De*fi"cient-ly, adv.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

deficient
    adj 1: inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education";
           "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina";
           "tested and found wanting" [syn: deficient,
           lacking(p), wanting(p)]
    2: of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement;
       "insufficient funds" [syn: insufficient, deficient] [ant:
       sufficient]
    3: falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
       [syn: deficient, inferior, substandard]