Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
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.
- 2adjective
inadequate in amount or degree
"a deficient education"
"deficient in common sense"
- 3adjective
falling short of some prescribed norm
"substandard housing"
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- 4adjective
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
"insufficient funds"
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