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- DictionaryDe·fi·cient/dəˈfiSH(ə)nt/
adjective
- 1. not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: "this diet is deficient in vitamin B"
- 2. having an intellectual disability. dated, offensive
Deficient definition: lacking some element or characteristic; defective. See examples of DEFICIENT used in a sentence.
Define deficient. deficient synonyms, deficient pronunciation, deficient translation, English dictionary definition of deficient. adj. 1. Lacking an essential quality or element: deficient in common sense. 2. Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient: a deficient education....
deficient. adjective. /dɪˈfɪʃnt/. /dɪˈfɪʃnt/. deficient (in something) not having enough of something, especially something that is essential. a diet that is deficient in vitamin A. Their food is deficient in iron. Your diet is deficient in iron. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
DEFICIENT meaning: 1. not having enough of something: 2. not good enough: . Learn more.
deficient. adjective. /dɪˈfɪʃnt/. deficient (in something) not having enough of something, especially something that is essential a diet that is deficient in vitamin A. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
1. : not having enough of something that is important or necessary. a nutritionally deficient diet. — usually + in. a diet deficient in certain vitamins. a man who is deficient in judgment [=a man whose judgment is poor] students who are deficient [= lacking] in their knowledge of history. 2. : not good enough : not as good as others.
lacking some element or characteristic; defective: deficient in taste. insufficient; inadequate: deficient knowledge. n. a person who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective. Latin dēficient- (stem of dēficiēns, present participle of dēficere to fail, run short, lack, weaken), equivalent. to dē- de - + fic-, combining form of ...
