| ADJECTIVE | all | deficient, lacking, wanting | inadequate in amount or degree |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | deficient, insufficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement | |
| all | deficient, inferior, substandard | falling ... / falling short of some prescribed norm |
| Sounds | dihfih'shahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | inadequate in amount or degree. | |
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| Synonyms | lacking, wanting | |
| Broader | inadequate, unequal | Lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task |
| Spanish | carente, deficiente | |
| Catalan | deficient, mancat | |
| Nouns | deficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number |
| Meaning | Of a quantity not able to fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | insufficient | |
| Attribute of | quantity | An adequate or large amount |
| Narrower | depleted, low | no longer sufficient |
| inadequate, poor, short, jejune | not sufficient to meet / meet a need | |
| lean, skimpy | Containing little excess | |
| light, scant, short | less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so | |
| shy | short | |
| See also | meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy | Deficient in amount or quality or extent |
| Opposite | sufficient | Of a quantity that can fulfill / fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant |
| Spanish | deficiente, insuficiente | |
| Catalan | deficient, insuficient | |
| Nouns | deficiency | lack of an adequate quantity or number |
| Meaning | falling ... / falling short of some prescribed norm. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | inferior, substandard | |
| Broader | nonstandard | Varying from or not adhering to a standard |
| Spanish | deficiente, inferior, subestándar | |
| Catalan | deficient | |
| Nouns | deficiency | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable |
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