deficient
See also: déficient
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EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)
- Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
- Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
- (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.
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TranslationsEdit
lacking something essential
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insufficient or inadequate in amount
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Further readingEdit
- deficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- deficient in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin dēficiēns.
PronunciationEdit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /də.fi.siˈent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /də.fi.siˈen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.fi.siˈent/
AdjectiveEdit
deficient (masculine and feminine plural deficients)
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Further readingEdit
- “deficient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.