OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19903

deficient

/dɪˈfɪʃənt/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
deficiente
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
They were deficient in social skills.
deficiente
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient.