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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
The meaning of DEFICIENT is lacking in some necessary quality or element. How to use deficient in a sentence.
lacking or not good enough: A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children.
Deficient definition: lacking some element or characteristic; defective. See examples of DEFICIENT used in a sentence.
Deficient means not enough or not adequate. Maybe you were deficient in caffeine that day. Maybe you were lacking in study time. But no doubt about it: you came up with a deficient number of correct answers on the physics test.
lacking or not good enough: A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children.
The meaning of DEFICIENCY is the quality or state of being defective or of lacking some necessary quality or element : the quality or state of being deficient : inadequacy. How to use deficiency in a sentence.
DEFICIENCY definition: 1. the state of not having, or not having enough, of something that is needed: 2. the state of not…. Learn more.
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.
Inadequate in amount, quality, or degree; not sufficient. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Lacking something essential; often construed with in. Wiktionary. Synonyms: insufficient. substandard. inferior. wanting. lacking. unreached. meagre. immature. dysgenic. rudimentary. underdeveloped. scanty. mediocre. crude. minus. Antonyms:
1. Lacking an essential quality or element: deficient in common sense. 2. Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient: a deficient education. [Latin dēficiēns, dēficient-, present participle of dēficere, to fail, be wanting; see defect .] de·fi′cient n. de·fi′cient·ly adv.
