deficient

deficient is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 17 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. inadequate in amount or degree

   "a deficient education"

   "deficient in common sense"

   Synonyms: lacking, wanting

3. adjective. falling short of some prescribed norm

   "substandard housing"

   Synonyms: inferior, substandard

4. adjective. of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

   "insufficient funds"

   Synonyms: insufficient

Synonyms

lacking, wanting, inferior, substandard, insufficient

Common word forms

deficients, deficiently

Words from these letters

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