deficient
adjective
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
inadequate in amount or degree
a deficient education
Related & opposite
- inadequacy derivation
- inadequate similar to
Sense 2 adjective
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
insufficient funds
Related & opposite
- meager also see
- sufficient antonym
- quantity attribute
- inadequacy derivation
- depleted similar to
- inadequate similar to
- skimpy similar to
- scantp similar to
- shyp similar to
Sense 3 adjective
falling short of some prescribed norm
substandard housing
Related & opposite
- inferiority derivation
- deficiency derivation
- nonstandard similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequacy |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | inadequate |
| 2 | also see | Related & opposite | meager |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | sufficient |
| 2 | attribute | Related & opposite | quantity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | inadequacy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | depleted |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | inadequate |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | skimpy |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | scantp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | shyp |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | inferiority |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deficiency |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | nonstandard |