Definition of deficient

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Deficient (a.) 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..

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Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.
Thirsty :: Thirsty (n.) Deficient in moisture; dry; parched.
Timorous :: Timorous (a.) Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.
Short :: Short (superl.) Deficient; defective; imperfect; not coming up, as to a measure or standard; as, an account which is short of the trith..
Defective :: Defective (a.) Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules..
Feeble :: Feeble (superl.) Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.
Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Deficient in strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted.
Indeficient :: Indeficient (a.) Not deficient; full.
Impotent :: Impotent (a.) Not potent; wanting power, strength. or vigor. whether physical, intellectual, or moral; deficient in capacity; destitute of force; weak; feeble; infirm..
Destitute :: Destitute (a.) Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of..
Cyanosed :: Cyanosed (a.) Rendered blue, as the surface of the body, from cyanosis or deficient a/ration of the blood..
Inadequate :: Inadequate (a.) Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc..
Ungraceful :: Ungraceful (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech..
Low-spirited :: Low-spirited (a.) Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.
Sneaking :: Sneaking (a.) Marked by cowardly concealment; deficient in openness and courage; underhand; mean; crouching.
Thoughtless :: Thoughtless (adv.) Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.
Shorten :: Shorten (a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
Spanaemia :: Spanaemia (n.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient..
Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..
Good :: Good (superl.) Not lacking or deficient; full; complete.
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