DEFICIENT

deficient. Deficient, a. defective, wanting, failing

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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. The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay. Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. — De‐fi″cient–ly, adv.