English-Thai Dictionary

deficient

ADJ ขาด  ขาดแคลน  ไม่ ครบ  ไม่ พอเพียง  incomplete inadequate kad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFICIENT

a. 1. Wanting; defective; imperfect; not sufficient or adequate; as deficient estate; deficient strength.
2. Wanting; not having a full or adequate supply; as, the country may be deficient in the means of carrying on war.
Deficient numbers, in arithmetic, are those numbers, whose parts, added together, make less than the integer, whose parts they are.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFICIENT

De *fi "cient, a. Etym: [L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of deficere to be wanting. See Defect. ]

 

Defn: 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. The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay. Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. -- De *fi "cient-ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deficient

de fi cient |diˈfiSHənt dəˈfɪʃənt | ▶adjective [ predic. ] not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: this diet is deficient in vitamin B. • insufficient or inadequate: they trashed the legislation as deficient. • (also mentally deficient ) offensive having a mental handicap. ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally in the theological phrase deficient cause, denoting a failure or deficiency that has a particular consequence ): from Latin deficient- ‘failing, ’ from the verb deficere (see defect 1 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

deficient

deficient |dɪˈfɪʃ (ə )nt | ▶adjective 1 not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient: this diet is deficient in vitamin B. • insufficient or inadequate: the documentary evidence is deficient. 2 (also mentally deficient ) offensive having mental disabilities. DERIVATIVES deficiently adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent. (originally in the theological phrase deficient cause, denoting a failure or deficiency that has a particular consequence ): from Latin deficient- ‘failing ’, from the verb deficere (see defect 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deficient

deficient adjective 1 a diet deficient in vitamin A: lacking, wanting, inadequate, insufficient, limited, poor, scant; low. 2 deficient leadership: defective, faulty, flawed, inadequate, imperfect, shoddy, weak, inferior, unsound, substandard, second-rate, poor.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deficient

deficient adjective 1 his diet is deficient in vitamin A: lacking, wanting, defective, inadequate, insufficient, limited, poor, scant; short of /on, low on, with an insufficiency of, with too little /few …; informal strapped for, pushed for. ANTONYMS excessive. 2 on all levels, this is deficient leadership: defective, faulty, flawed, inadequate, imperfect, impaired, shoddy, scrappy, sketchy, weak, inferior, unsound, substandard, second-rate, poor, shabby, incomplete, leaving much to be desired; informal duff. ANTONYMS perfect.

 

French Dictionary

déficient

déficient , iente adj. adjectif 1 Qui présente une déficience. : Une intelligence déficiente. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec l ’adjectif défectueux, qui manque des qualités, des conditions nécessaires. 2 Faible. : Un raisonnement déficient. Note Orthographique défici ent.

 

Spanish Dictionary

deficiente

deficiente adjetivo 1 Que no es lo suficientemente capaz o útil, especialmente por carecer de algo :la producción de este año ha sido deficiente .2 Que no alcanza el grado o el nivel considerado normal :la iluminación del local es deficiente; los deportistas se quejaron, y con razón, del deficiente estado de las instalaciones .3 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que tiene un desarrollo mental inferior al que se considera normal :han puesto un nuevo colegio para deficientes con personal especializado; hay que integrar a los deficientes en el trabajo .También deficiente mental .SINÓNIMO retrasado .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deficient

de fi cient /dɪfɪ́ʃ (ə )nt / (! 強勢は第2音節 ) 形容詞 ｟かたく ｠1 比較なし 〖通例be ～〗〈人 物が 〉【栄養素 必要なものが 】不足した , 不十分な ; 欠けている «in » ; … 不足の ▸ He's deficient in vitamin E .彼はビタミンEが不足している ▸ a decision deficient in consideration 思慮不足の決定 ▸ iron- deficient 鉄分不足の (!複合要素としても用いる ) 2 more ～; most ～〈人 設備などが 〉不十分な , 不完全な ; 不備 [欠陥 ]のある ▸ a deficient product control system 不十分な商品管理システム ～ly 副詞