deficient
See also: déficient
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)
- Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
- They were deficient in social skills.
- 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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Translations edit
lacking something essential
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insufficient or inadequate in amount
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Noun edit
deficient (plural deficients)
- A person who is deficient.
- 2004, Steven Noll, James Trent, Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Reader, page 316:
- This was justified by the rationale that mental deficients, by definition, are not able to succeed in society.
Further reading edit
- “deficient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “deficient”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēficientem.
Pronunciation edit
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /də.fi.siˈent/
- (Central) IPA(key): /də.fi.siˈen/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.fi.siˈent/
Adjective edit
deficient m or f (masculine and feminine plural deficients)
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Further reading edit
- “deficient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Latin edit
Verb edit
dēficient
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French déficient.
Adjective edit
deficient m or n (feminine singular deficientă, masculine plural deficienți, feminine and neuter plural deficiente)
Declension edit
Declension of deficient
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | deficient | deficientă | deficienți | deficiente | ||
definite | deficientul | deficienta | deficienții | deficientele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | deficient | deficiente | deficienți | deficiente | ||
definite | deficientului | deficientei | deficienților | deficientelor |