Sekirov Dictionary

deficient

/dɪˈfɪʃənt/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

•
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
- They were deficient in social skills.
- His voice is beautiful but deficient in power.
•
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
- Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient. — 1882
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.

noun1

•
A person who is deficient.
- This was justified by the rationale that mental deficients, by definition, are not able to succeed in society. — 2004

forms

deficients · more deficient · most deficient

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