Deficient Definition & Meaning

no longer sufficient; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted"

lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate

of or characteristic of low rank or importance of low or inferior quality written or printed below and to one side of

of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"

inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina

lacking excess flesh; "you can't be too rich or too thin

with few burdens; "experienced travellers travel light" of comparatively little physical weight or density

in a low position; near the ground; "the branches hung low" less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community

deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war