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Definitions: Deficient |
DeficientAdjective1. Inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting". 2. Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds". 3. Falling short of some prescribed norm; "substandard housing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "deficient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Deficient \De*fi"cient\, adjective. [Latin expression deficiens, -entis, present participle of deficere to be wanting. See Defect.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: DeficientSynonyms: inferior (adj), insufficient (adj), lacking(p) (adj), substandard (adj), wanting(p) (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: sufficient (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Imperfection | Adjective: imperfect; not perfect; deficient, defective; faulty, unsound, tainted; out of order, out of tune; cracked, leaky; sprung; warped; (distort); lame; injured; (deteriorated); peccant; (bad); frail; (weak); inadequate; (insufficient); crude; (unprepared); incomplete; found wanting; below par; short-handed; below its full strength, under its full strength, below its full complement. |
Incompleteness | Adjective: incomplete; imperfect; unfinished; uncompleted; (see complete; ); defective, deficient, wanting, lacking, failing; in default, in arrear; short of; hollow, meager, lame, halfand-half, perfunctory, sketchy; crude; (unprepared). |
Inferiority | Adjective: inferior, smaller; small; minor, less, lesser, deficient, minus, lower, subordinate, secondary; secondrate; (imperfect); sub, subaltern; thrown into the shade; weighed in the balance and found wanting; not fit to hold a candle to, can't hold a candle to. |
Insufficiency | Adjective: insufficient, inadequate; too little; not enough; unequal to; incompetent; (impotent); " weighed in the balance and found wanting "; perfunctory; (neglect); deficient; (incomplete); wanting; Verb: imperfect; ill-furnished, ill-provided, ill-stored, ill-off. |
Shortcoming | Adjective: unreached; deficient; short, short of; minus; out of depth; perfunctory; (neglect). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But you're right, I'm deficient in a lot of ways. (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami) I'm only judging on my experience with you, but I've never seen such a deficient species. (Farscape; writing credit: Olivier Cauvin) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) boys cooperating with Soil Conservation Service working limestone quarry. Vernon County, Wisconsin. Soil tests made show Vernon County to be lime deficient for the satisfactory growing of alfalfa.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | If he were deficient there, nothing should make amends for it. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Or, if that fund be deficient, it is largely supplied by the Crown. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If aldosterone is deficient, maintenance therapy also includes oral doses of fludrocortisone acetate. (references) | |
While not all persons deficient in lactase have symptoms, those who do are considered to be lactose intolerant. (references) | ||
Recent investigations are exploring the use of complement concentrates to replace the deficient complement components. (references) | ||
Business | Currently, although the rate of violence in Argentina is not so high, the incidence of burglary and armed robbery is growing at a fast rate. Three out of five crimes are related to nonexistent or deficient security systems. (references) | |
Children | Bulgaria | NGO monitors further allege that even food budgets are highly deficient, with many institutions dependent on the uneven flow of private donations to feed their charges. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Venezuela | These supervisors would have powers to inspect any school, public or private, and to remove any instructor found deficient in any way, including ideologically. (references) |
Guyana | The opposition strongly criticized the announcement, stating that enforcement of the deficient existing legislation was an attempt to censure broadcasting that is critical of the Government. (references) | |
Economic History | Haiti | The level of legal education and training is often deficient, and salaries are low. (references) |
Botswana | Service and after-sales support for imported products sold in Botswana are often deficient. (references) | |
Dominican Rep | Protection of intellectual property rights has improved in recent years, but is still deficient in some areas. (references) | |
Human Rights | Paraguay | Prison facilities are deficient and prison conditions are extremely poor. (references) |
Kenya | Prisoners are subjected to severe overcrowding, deficient health care, and receive inadequate water, diet, and bedding. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Ecuador | Although the rural education system is seriously deficient, many indigenous groups participated actively with the Ministry of Education in the development of the bilingual education program used in rural public schools. (references) |
Political Economy | GREECE | Estimates of how much of the economy remains unrecorded vary, due, at least in part, to deficient data collection. (references) |
REPUBLIC OF KOREA | Likewise, U.S. industry believes that Korean courts are deficient in terms of treatment and interpretation of its claims. (references) | |
Georgia | International observers strongly criticized the election, citing interference by state authorities in the electoral process, deficient election legislation, insufficient representative election administration, and unreliable voter registers. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SATIRE, n. An obsolete kind of literary composition in which the vices and follies of the author's enemies were expounded with imperfect tenderness. In this country satire never had more than a sickly and uncertain existence, for the soul of it is wit, wherein we are dolefully deficient, the humor that we mistake for it, like all humor, being tolerant and sympathetic. Moreover, although Americans are "endowed by their Creator" with abundant vice and folly, it is not generally known that these are reprehensible qualities, wherefore the satirist is popularly regarded as a soul-spirited knave, and his ever victim's outcry for codefendants evokes a national assent. Hail Satire! be thy praises ever sung In the dead language of a mummy's tongue, For thou thyself art dead, and damned as well -- Thy spirit (usefully employed) in Hell. Had it been such as consecrates the Bible Thou hadst not perished by the law of libel. Barney Stims |
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| "Deficient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.25% of the time. "Deficient" is used about 265 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.25% | 263 | 18,193 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.75% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 265 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "deficient": be deficient ♦ deficient amount ♦ deficient functioning ♦ deficient housing ♦ deficient inferior substandard ♦ Deficient number ♦ mental deficient ♦ mentally deficient ♦ mentally deficient person. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "deficient": Deficient-ly. | |
Ending with "deficient": demand-deficient. | |
Containing "deficient": Carbohydrate-Deficient Glycoprotein Syndrome. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
deficient | 13 |
deficient iron | 11 |
deficient soil | 3 |
deficient potassium | 3 |
deficient protein | 2 |
deficient iga | 2 |
bridge deficient | 2 |
attention deficient | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "deficient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaan | agterlik (backward, mentally, mentally deficient, retarded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | i paplotë (defective, imperfect, incomplete), i pamjaftueshëm (defective, inadequate, insufficient, scant, scanty, scarce, short, sparing), i metë (barmy, feebleminded, imbecile, incomplete, moron, wanting), i mangët (defective, incomplete, lacking, short, wanting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ناقص (amiss, bid, defective, deprecatory, faulty, imperfect, inchoate, incomplete, incorrect, insufficient, minus, nude, odd, reducible, revoked, scant, sketchy, truncate, unfinished, wanting), ضعيف (atonic, cold, crazy, delicate, dim, emaciated, enervate, faint, feckless, feeble, flabby, flagging, fragile, frail, haggard, helpless, impotent, inaudible, infirm, invertebrate, lame, languid, languorous, lank, lean, limp, little, low, lower, nerveless, pale, powered, powerless, puny, rickety, run down, scant, scrawny, slender, slight, slim, small, soft, softy, streaked, supine, tenuous, thin, thready, toothless, unsubstantial, wan, weak, weakened, weakling, weakly, wimp, wishy washy), شخص ضعيف العقل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | недостатъчен (exiguous, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, short, skimpy, slender, slim, wanting), малоумен (barmy, cretinous, feebleminded, half-witted, imbecile, innocent, mooncalf, oafish, simple, soft-headed, soft-witted, witless). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 短少, 歉 (apologize, to regret), (owe, to lack, yawn). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | vadný (defective, faulty, imperfect, vicious), nedostateèný (insufficient, unsatisfactory), nedostaèující (inadequate, lacking, wanting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | svaghed i dømmekraft (deficient judgement), sugesvækkelse (deficient suction), psykisk udviklingshaemmet (feeble minded, mentally deficient, mentally handicapped, mentally retarded), proteinfattig diaet (low-protein diet, protein deficient diet), oligotrofiske soeer er fattige paa naeringsstoffer (oligotrophic lakes are deficient in nutrient substances), mangelfuld frankering (deficient postage), kalkfattig (deficient in lime), evnesvag (feeble minded, mentally deficient, mentally retarded), befolkningstilbagegang (declining population, deficient population), aftagende population (declining population, deficient population), aftagende befolkning (declining population, deficient population), aandssvag (feeble minded, mentally deficient). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | debilitas mentis (deficient judgement, feeblemindedness), debilitas mentalis (deficient judgement, feeblemindedness), zwakzinnig (feeble, feeble minded, feebleminded, mentally deficient, weak), proteinearm dieet (low-protein diet, protein deficient diet), ontbrekend port (deficient postage), oligotrofe meren zijn voedselarm (oligotrophic lakes are deficient in nutrient substances), kalkarme grond (soil deficient in calcium), kalkarm (deficient in lime), geesteszwakte (deficient judgement, dementia, feeblemindedness, imbecility, mental disorder), elektronen-deficient (electron-deficient, electronically deficient), bevolkingsvermindering (declining population, deficient population), bevolkingsafname (declining population, deficient population), afnemende bevolking (declining population, deficient population), achterlijk (mentally deficient, retarded), achterlýk (backward, mentally deficient, retarded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | mense postrestanta (backward, mentally deficient, retarded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ناکارا, دارای کمبود. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vajanainen, puuttuva (missing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | défectueux (defective), faible. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | efterlik (backward, mentally deficient, retarded). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mangelhaft (defective, defectively, faultily, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, insufficient, poor, unsatisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθυστερημένοσ (behind, behindhand, belated, late, overdue, retarded), ελλειπήσ, ελαττωματικόσ (defective, faulty, imperfect), ατελήσ (half-baked, imperfect, inchoate, incomplete, sketchy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לוק", לקוי (blemish, defect, defective, deficiency, eclipse, failing, failure, fault, faulty, ill, imperfection, inadequacy, inadequate, shortcoming, spoilt, stricken, unsound, vicious, wanting), לא מספיק (inadequate, incommensurate, insufficient, under), חסר (devoid, less, missing, short, void, wanting). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hiányos (defective, gappy, imperfect, insufficient, meagre, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, void, wanting), fogyatékos (handicapped), elégtelen (below the line, dissatisfactory, inadequate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, underdose, unsatisfactory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tak mencukupi, kurang (less, minus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | difettoso (bad, defective, erroneous, faulty, flawed, imperfect, incorrect, wrong), deficiente (backward, feeble minded, insufficient, mentally, mentally deficient, mentally deficient person, moron, retarded, stupid), insufficiente (forbidden, inadequate, insufficient, objectionable, prohibited, scant, scanty, short, slim, undue). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 精神薄弱者 (feeble-mindedperson, mentally deficient person). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せいし"はくじゃくしゃ (feeble-mindedperson, mentally deficient person). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 불충분한. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhag-inchynagh (dense, dense of mind, dozy, feeble-minded), laccal (deficiency, desire, want), failleilagh (failing, fallible). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | utilstrekkelig (inadequate, insufficient), mangelfull (defective, faulty, imperfect). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eficientday deficiente (bad, close-fisted, defective, faulty, lacking, low, meagerness, meagreness, penurious, scanty, scrimp, short, skimpy, under, wanting), defeituoso (Amiss, defective, dissatisfied, faulty, imperfection, unsatisfactory, unsound), incompleto (defective, fragmented, half, half wit, imperfect, incomplete, pendency, pendent, sketchy, unaccomplished, unfinished). (various references) deficient (wanting), nedeplin (one-legged), insuficient (defective, exiguous, inadequate, inadequately, inappropriate, insufficient, insufficiently, meager, meagre, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, unsatisfactorily), incomplet (abortive, fragmentary, imperfect, incomplete, part, partial, partly, unaccomplished, unfinished). (various references) недостаточный (inadequate, insufficient, meager, meagre, scant, short). (various references) oskudan (barren, destitute, exiguous, meager, meagre, necessitous, needy, penurious, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, skimpy, spare, sparing, stingy, stringent, tight), manjkav. (various references) deficiente (defective, low, lower). (various references) undermålig (poor, substandard, third rate), otillräcklig (feckless, inadequate, incommensurate, insufficient, scanty, scarce, unequal, unsatisfactory), bristande (bursting, defective, unsufficient). (various references) yetersiz (defective, disqualified, exiguous, half-way, handicapped, inadequate, incapable, incommensurate, incompetent, inconclusive, inefficient, ineligible, insufficient, meager, meagre, poorly, powerless, scant, scanty, scrimp, scrimpy, shoestring, short, skimp, skimpy, slender, slim, spare, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsatisfied, unsatisfying), gerekli olan, eksik (defective, deficiency, gappy, imperfect, inadequate, incommensurate, incompetent, incomplete, insufficient, lacking, lame, less, minus, missing, missing part, out, ragged, scrimp, scrimpy, short, shortfall, shy, sketchy, skimp, skimpy, wanting), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clean-cut, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references) недостатній (defective, meager, meagre, poor, scarce, scrimpy, short, skimpy, wanting), недосконалий (defective, faulty, imperfect, incomplete), позбавлений (barren of, destitute, devoid, frustrate, void). (various references) thiếu hụt, thiếu (incomplete, insufficient, missing, privative, scanty, scarce, unfurnished), không ho n to n kém cỏi, không đầy đủ (inadequate), bất t i (incapable, incapably, talentless, untalented). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | 2. la. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | claudicabat, claudicantem, claudicatis, claudicaverunt. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 8, Verse 3 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ean apolusw autouV nhsteiV eiV oikon autwn ekluqhsontai en th odw tineV gar autwn makroqen hkasin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et si dimisero eos ieiunos in domum suam deficient in via quidam enim ex eis de longe venerunt |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Gyf ich hyo fæstende to hyre huselæte be weige hyo ge-teorieð. sume hyocomen feorran. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And if Y leeue hem fastynge in to her hous, thei schulen faile in the weie; for summe of hem camen fro fer. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And yf I shuld sende the awaye fastinge to their awne houses they shulde faynt by the waye. For dyvers of the came from farre. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for some of them came from a distance. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If I send them away to their houses with no food, they will be overcome by weariness on the way; and some of them have come from far. |
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| Language | Mark Chapter 8, Verse 3 |
| Bulgarian | Жално Ми е за народа, защото три дни вече седят при Мене, и нямат що да ядат; |
| Cebuano | ug kon papaulion ko sila nga walay mga kaon, panguyapan sila sa dalan; ug ang uban kanila layo ra bag gigikanan." |
| Chinese | 我 若 " 發 他 們 " 著 回 家 、 就 必 在 路 上 困 乏 ． 為 其 中 有 從 處 來 的 。 |
| Croatian | Ako ih otpravim gladne njihovim kuæama, klonut æe putom. A neki su od njih došli iz daleka." |
| Danish | Og dersom jeg lader dem gå fastende hjem, ville de vansmægte på Vejen, og nogle af dem ere komne langvejsfra." |
| Dutch | En indien Ik hen nuchteren naar hun huis laat gaan, zo zullen zij op den weg bezwijken; want sommigen van hen komen van verre. |
| Finnish | Ja jos minä lasken heidät menemään syömättä kotiinsa, niin he nääntyvät matkalla; sillä muutamat heistä ovat tulleet kaukaa." |
| French | Si je les renvoie chez eux jeun, les forces leur manqueront en chemin; car quelques-uns d`entre eux sont venus de loin. |
| Gaelic | Agus ma leigeas mi air falbh iad `nan traisg dhan tighean, fannaichidh iad air an rathad; oir thainig cuid dhiu air astar. |
| German | und wenn ich sie ungegessen von mir heim ließe gehen, würden sie auf dem Wege verschmachten; denn etliche sind von ferne gekommen. |
| Haitian Creole | Si m' voye yo al lakay yo konsa san manje, y'a tonbe feblès nan chemen paske gen ladan yo ki soti byen lwen. |
| Hungarian | És ha éhen bocsátom haza õket, kidõlnek az úton; mert némelyek õ közülök messzünnen jöttek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau Aku menyuruh mereka pulang dengan perut kosong, mereka akan pingsan di tengah jalan. Apalagi di antara mereka ada yang datang dari jauh." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Dan jikalau Aku menyuruhkan orang-orang ini pulang ke rumahnya dengan laparnya, niscaya pingsanlah mereka itu di jalan, karena ada yang datang dari jauh." |
| Italian | Se li rimando digiuni alle proprie case, verranno meno per via; e alcuni di loro vengono di lontano». |
| Korean | 만 일 내 가 희 를 굶 겨 집 으 로 보 내 면 길 에 서 기 진 하 리 라 그 중 에 " 멀 리 서 온 사 람 도 있 느 니 라' |
| Latvian | Un ja es tos atlaidîðu mâjâs neçduðus, tie ceïâ nonîks, jo daþi no viòiem nâkuði no tâlienes. |
| Maori | Ki te tonoa pukutia ratou e ahau ki to ratou kainga, ka hemo ki te ara; i haere mai hoki etahi o ratou i tawhiti. |
| Modern Greek | και εαν απολυσω αυτους νηστεις εις τους οικους αυτων, θελουσιν αποκαμει καθ' οδον· διοτι τινες εξ αυτων ηλθον μακροθεν. |
| Norwegian | og lar jeg dem fare fastende hjem, vil de vansmekte på veien; nogen av dem er jo kommet langveisfra. |
| Portuguese | Se eu os mandar em jejum para suas casas, desfalecerão no caminho; e alguns deles vieram de longe. |
| Rumanian | Dacq le voi da drumul acasq flqmknzi, au sq lewine de foame pe drum, fiindcq unii din ei au venit de departe.`` |
| Russian | еУМЙ ОЕЕЧЫЙНЙ ПФ ХЭХ ЙИ Ч "ПНЩ ЙИ, ПУМБ'ЕАФ Ч "ПТПЗЕ, Й'П ОЕЛПФПТЩЕ ЙЪ ОЙИ ТЙЫМЙ ЙЪ"БМЕЛБ. |
| Shuar | Tura ni jeen ayurtsuk akupeamka, tsukariin Jintiá pimpikiartatui, yajaya Káunkaru ásar" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Si les despido a sus casas en ayunas, se desmayarán en el camino; y algunos de ellos han venido de lejos. |
| Swahili | Nikiwaacha waende nyumbani wakiwa na njaa watazimia njiani, maana baadhi yao wametoka mbali." |
| Swedish | Om jag nu låter dem fastande gå ifrån mig hem, så uppgivas de på vägen; somliga av dem hava ju kommit långväga ifrån." |
| Thai | ถ้าเราจะให้เขากลับไปบ้านเมื่อยังอ"อาหารอยู่ เขาจะหิวโหยสิ้นแรงตามทาง เพราะว่าบางคนมาไกล" |
| Ukrainian | А коли відпущу їх голодних до їхніх домівок, то ослабнуть у дорозі, бо деякі з них поприходили здалека. |
| Uma | Hiaa' ane kuhubui-ra nculii' hilou hi tomi-ra ntali oro' -ra, meka' molinga' -ra mpai' hi ohea. Apa' ria-ra to ngkai kalaa-na." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "deficient": deficiently, deficients. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "deficient": immunodeficient. (additional references) | |
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"Deficient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ddficient, defecient, defeciet, deffecient, defficient, deficant, deficeint, deficent, definiens, desicient, difficient, dificient. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "deficient" (pronounced dufi"shunt) |
| 7 | -u f i" sh u n t | beneficent, coefficient, efficient, inefficient, insufficient, sufficient. |
| 6 | -f i" sh u n t | proficient. |
| 5 | -i" sh u n t | omniscient. |
| 4 | -sh u n t | abortifacient, impatient, inpatient, outpatient, patient, quotient. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-f-i-i-n-t" | |
-1 letter: definite, feticide, indictee, infected. | |
-2 letters: deficit, edifice, eidetic, enticed, feinted, identic, incited. | |
-3 letters: citied, deceit, decent, defect, define, deific, edenic, endite, entice, fenced, finite, incite, indict, indite, infect, tineid. | |
-4 letters: cited, deice, diene, edict, feint, fence, feted, fetid, ficin, fiend, fined, indie, niece, nitid, teiid, teind, tined. | |
-5 letters: cede, cedi, cent, cete, cine, cite, deet, defi, deft, dene, deni, dent, dice, diet, dine, dint, dite, edit, eide, etic, feed, feet, fend, fete, fice, find, fine, iced, inti, need, neif, nice, nide, nidi, nite, teed, teen, tend, tide, tied, tine. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-f-i-i-n-t" | |
+1 letter: deficients, dentifrice. | |
+2 letters: deficiently, dentifrices, disinfected, fecundities, uncertified. | |
+3 letters: beneficiated, decertifying, indefectible, indefectibly, noncertified. | |
+4 letters: presanctified, unelectrified. | |
+5 letters: decaffeinating, decaffeination. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 66 69 63 69 65 6E 74 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . ..-. .. -.-. .. . -. - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100110 01101001 01100011 01101001 01100101 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e f i c i e n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0066 0069 0063 0069 0065 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387172756975718086 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Bible Trace 15. Derivations 16. Rhymes | 17. Anagrams 18. Orthography 19. Bibliography |
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