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31deficient — UK [dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] / US adjective 1) lacking the correct amount of something a diet deficient in vitamin C 2) formal not good enough a deficient education system …
32deficient — [dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] adj lacking something, or not good enough a diet deficient in vitamin C[/ex] a deficient education system[/ex] …
33deficient — de•fi•cient [[t]dɪˈfɪʃ ənt[/t]] adj. 1) lacking some element or characteristic; defective 2) inadequate 3) cvb one who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective • Etymology: 1575–85; < L dēficient , s. of dēficiēns, prp. of dēficere to… …
34deficient — [16] Deficient was acquired from Latin dēficient , the present participial stem of dēficere ‘undo, fail, leave, be lacking’, a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ‘away’ and facere ‘do, make’ (a parallel formation lies behind English defeat) …
35deficient number — noun : an imperfect number (as 8) that is greater than the sum of its divisors * * * Math. a positive number that is greater than the sum of all positive integers that are submultiples of it, as 10, which is greater than the sum of 1, 2, and 5.… …
36deficient inferior substandard — nonstandard onstandard, non standard on standardadj. 1. varying from or not adhering to a standard; as, nonstandard windows; envelopes of nonstandard sizes; non standard lengths of board cost more per foot. Opposite of {standard}. [Narrower terms …
37DÉFICIENT, ENTE — adj. T. didactique Où il y a un manque. En termes de Mathématiques, Nombre déficient, Nombre dont les parties sont inférieures au nombre lui même …
38Déficient visuel — Déficience visuelle Un déficient visuel est une personne dont l acuité visuelle est faible (malvoyante) voire nulle (aveugle). 36 % n ont aucune possibilité visuelle. 14 % ont des possibilités visuelles peu utilisables. 50 % ont… …
39deficient number — noun A number that greater than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. The factors of 22 are 1, 2 and 11 and 22, and 1 + 2 + 11 = 14, which is less than 22, so 22 is a deficient number. Syn: defective number …
40deficient — See defective. See defective, deficient …
