deficient 音標拼音: [dɪf'ɪʃənt]
a . 不足的,不充分的,有缺陷的
不足的,不充分的,有缺陷的
deficient adj 1 :
inadequate in amount or degree ; "
a deficient education ";
"
deficient in common sense "; "
lacking in stamina ";
"
tested and found wanting " [
synonym : {
deficient },
{
lacking (
p )}, {
wanting (
p )}]
2 :
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement ;
"
insufficient funds " [
synonym : {
insufficient }, {
deficient }] [
ant :
{
sufficient }]
3 :
falling short of some prescribed norm ; "
substandard housing "
[
synonym : {
deficient }, {
inferior }, {
substandard }]
Deficient \
De *
fi "
cient \,
a . [
L .
deficiens , -
entis ,
p .
pr .
of deficere to be wanting .
See {
Defect }.]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety .
--
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Deficient number }. (
Arith .)
See under {
Abundant }. --
{
De *
fi "
cient -
ly },
adv .
[
1913 Webster ]
104 Moby Thesaurus words for "
deficient ":
adulterated ,
amiss ,
arrested ,
bad ,
base ,
blemished ,
botched ,
bungling ,
callow ,
clumsy ,
damaged ,
defective ,
embryonic ,
erroneous ,
failing ,
fallible ,
faulty ,
flawed ,
found wanting ,
half -
assed ,
haphazard ,
hit -
and -
miss ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
hypoplastic ,
immature ,
impaired ,
imperfect ,
imprecise ,
impure ,
in arrear ,
in arrears ,
in default ,
in short supply ,
in want of ,
inaccurate ,
inadequate ,
incompetent ,
incomplete ,
inexact ,
infant ,
inferior ,
infrequent ,
injured ,
insufficient ,
lacking ,
little ,
makeshift ,
maladroit ,
marred ,
mean ,
mediocre ,
messy ,
minus ,
missing ,
mixed ,
needing ,
not comparable ,
not enough ,
not in it ,
not perfect ,
off ,
out of it ,
part ,
partial ,
patchy ,
petty ,
promiscuous ,
rare ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scarce ,
scrappy ,
scrimpy ,
shabby ,
short ,
short of ,
shy ,
sketchy ,
skimpy ,
slipshod ,
slipshoddy ,
sloppy ,
slovenly ,
sluttish ,
small ,
too little ,
trivial ,
uncommon ,
underdeveloped ,
undeveloped ,
unequal to ,
uneven ,
unfinished ,
unperfected ,
unqualified ,
unreached ,
unsatisfactory ,
unsatisfying ,
unskillful ,
unsound ,
unsufficing ,
unthorough ,
untidy ,
wanting
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