| deficient | | |
| adj. | 1. deficient, lacking, wanting | inadequate in amount or degree.; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting" |
| ~ inadequate, unequal | lacking the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.; "inadequate training"; "the staff was inadequate"; "she was unequal to the task" |
| adj. | 2. deficient, insufficient | of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement.; "insufficient funds" |
| ~ meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | deficient in amount or quality or extent.; "meager resources"; "meager fare" |
| ~ depleted, low | no longer sufficient.; "supplies are low"; "our funds are depleted" |
| ~ inadequate, short, poor | not sufficient to meet a need.; "an inadequate income"; "a poor salary"; "money is short"; "on short rations"; "food is in short supply"; "short on experience" |
| ~ skimpy, lean | containing little excess.; "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance" |
| ~ scant, short, light | less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so.; "a light pound"; "a scant cup of sugar"; "regularly gives short weight" |
| ~ shy | short.; "eleven is one shy of a dozen" |
| adj. | 3. deficient, inferior, substandard | falling short of some prescribed norm.; "substandard housing" |
| ~ nonstandard | varying from or not adhering to a standard.; "nonstandard windows"; "envelopes of nonstandard sizes"; "nonstandard lengths of board" |
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