deficient

US: /dɪˈfɪʃənt/

UK: /dɪfˈɪʃənt/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

deficient /di'fiʃənt/
  • tính từ
    • thiếu, thiếu hụt, không đầy đủ, không hoàn toàn
      • to be deficient in courage: thiếu can đảm
    • kém cỏi, bất tài, không đủ khả năng (làm công việc gì...)
      • mentally deficient: đần, kém thông minh

Advanced English dictionary

+ adjective
1 ~ (in sth) not having enough of sth, especially sth that is essential: a diet that is deficient in vitamin A
2 (formal) not good enough: Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient.

Thesaurus dictionary

adj.
1 wanting, lacking, defective, incomplete, unfinished, short, insufficient, inadequate, sketchy, skimpy, scarce:
Some foods are deficient in vitamins.
2 faulty, impaired, flawed, imperfect, incomplete, defective, inferior, unsatisfactory:
Many have a deficient knowledge of their legal rights.

Collocation

VERBS

be, prove | become

ADV.

sadly, seriously, severely, very, woefully
An educational system which fails to teach basic arithmetic is seriously deficient.
| totally | rather, slightly

PREP.

in
Their food is deficient in iron.


Concise dictionary

-nt
adj.
+inadequate in amount or degree
+of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
+falling short of some prescribed norm

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