deficient

See also: déficient

Contents

English

Etymology

From Latin deficiens, present participle of deficere (“to lack, fail, be wanting”); see defect.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɪʃənt/

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Adjective

deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)

1. Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
2. Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
3. (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.

Related terms

• defect
• defection
• defective
• defector
• deficiency
• deficit

Translations

lacking something essential

• Bulgarian: несъвършен (bg) (nesǎvǎršen), с недостатъци (s nedostatǎci)
• Catalan: deficient
• Finnish: puutteellinen (fi)
• German: mangelhaft (de)
• Irish: díothach, uireasach, easpach

• Italian: deficiente (it)
• Portuguese: deficiente (pt)
• Romanian: deficient (ro)
• Spanish: deficiente

insufficient or inadequate in amount

• Bulgarian: недостатъчен (bg) (nedostatǎčen), недостигащ (nedostigašt)
• Catalan: deficient
• Dutch: gebrekkig (nl)
• Finnish: riittämätön (fi)

• Maori: pahara, pūhungahunga, takarepa, huka
• Romanian: insuficient (ro), deficient (ro)
• Spanish: deficiente

Further reading

• deficient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• deficient in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēficiēns.

Adjective

deficient (masculine and feminine plural deficients)

1. deficient

Related terms

• deficiència

Further reading

• “deficient” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Latin

Verb

dēficient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēficiō