deficient
EN • English
//dɪˈfɪʃənt//(UK)
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Definitions & Usage
adjective
#1Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
Example: “They were deficient in social skills.”
Translations:[DE]mangelhaft
adjective
#2Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Example: “Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient.”
Translations:[DE]defizient
adjective
#3(mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n)<n.
noun
#4A person who is deficient.
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“This was justified by the rationale that mental deficients, by definition, are not able to succeed in society.”
— 2004, Steven Noll, James Trent, Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Reader, page 316:
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