Deficient means not enough or not adequate. Maybe you were deficient in caffeine that day. Maybe you were lacking in study time. But no doubt about it: you came up with a deficient number of correct answers on the physics test.
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking;
Adjective S.
inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
Adjective S.
falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing"
Adjective
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"
a.
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.
Deficient
The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety.
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking;
Usage Examples
After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.
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Other Usage ExamplesNo mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.