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- pronunciation:
- dih
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
lacking some essential part, element, substance, or characteristic.
Their diet is deficient in vitamin C.She finds her daughter-in-law deficient in good manners.The struggling nation is rich in natural resources but deficient in infrastructure.With respect to piano skill, I'm sadly deficient.- synonyms:
- lacking, wanting
- antonyms:
- adequate, complete, sufficient
- similar words:
- defective, inadequate, insufficient, poor, short
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| definition 2: |
inadequate in amount or extent.
His knowledge of mathematics is deficient, so he's having difficulty with his physics course.- synonyms:
- inadequate, insufficient, short, wanting
- antonyms:
- adequate, excessive, superfluous
- similar words:
- defective, feeble, ill, incomplete, poor, scarce, sketchy, skimpy, substandard, unsatisfactory
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| related words: |
bad, bare, barren, crude, destitute, devoid, faulty, partial, scant, scanty, shy, slender, tight, weak |
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| derivation: |
deficiently (adv.) |
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