English to English adjective
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of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement | | Example: insufficient funds
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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. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
3 |
inadequate in amount or degree | | Example: a deficient education deficient in common sense lacking in stamina tested and found wanting
source: wordnet30
4 |
falling short of some prescribed norm | | Example: substandard housing
source: wordnet30
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