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Showing words for DEFICIENT using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Deficient

deficient

8 Letter Words for Deficient

definite, feticide, indictee, infected, inficete

7 Letter Words for Deficient

deficit, dietine, dinetic, edifice, eidetic, enticed, feinted, identic, incited

6 Letter Words for Deficient

cedent, ceftin, ceinte, citied, ctenii, deceit, decent, decine, decnet, defect, defeit, define, deific, dietic, edenic, eident, endict, endite, enfect, entice, fenced, fenite, finite, idence, incede, incide, incite, indice, indict, indite, infect, infeed, intice, tidife, tineid

5 Letter Words for Deficient

ceint, centi, cetin, cited, citee, ctene, defet, deice, denet, detin, diene, dinic, edict, edite, eneid, fecit, feint, fence, feted, fetid, ficin, fiend, fient, fined, iceni, ident, idite, ifint, indef, indic, indie, infit, niece, nific, nitid, teend, teiid, teind, ticed, tined

4 Letter Words for Deficient

cede, cedi, cene, cent, cete, ceti, cide, cine, cite, deen, deet, defi, deft, dene, deni, dent, deti, detn, dice, dict, diet, dine, dint, dite, eden, edit, eide, eine, ende, ened, eten, etic, fdic, fedn, feed, feet, fend, feni, fent, fete, fice, fict, fide, fied, find, fine, fini, iced, idee, idic, inde, init, inti, need, neet, neif, nete, neti, nice, nide, nidi, nied, nief, nife, teed, teen, tend, tene, tice, tide, tidi, tied, tien, tinc, tind, tine

3 Letter Words for Deficient

cdf, cee, cen, cfd, cfi, cid, cie, cif, cit, cte, ctf, ctn, dec, dee, def, dei, den, det, dft, die, dif, din, dit, ect, eec, een, eft, enc, end, ene, etc, fec, fed, fee, fei, fen, fet, fid, fie, fin, fit, ice, ide, ifc, ife, inc, ind, inf, int, itd, ned, nee, nef, nei, net, nid, nie, nit, tec, ted, tee, tef, ten, tic, tid, tie, tin

Definitions for Deficient

[1] lacking some element or characteristic; defective: deficient in taste.
[2] insufficient; inadequate: deficient knowledge.
[3] a person who is deficient, especially one who is mentally defective.
[4] lacking some essential; incomplete; defective
[5] inadequate in quantity or supply; insufficient

Words related to Deficient

unsatisfactory, defective, lacking, weak, scarce, inferior, impaired, insufficient, faulty, incomplete, skimpy, flawed, amiss, bad, damaged, exiguous, infrequent, injured, meager, rare

Words nearby Deficient

deficiency, deficiency account, deficiency disease, deficiency judgment, deficiency symptom, deficient, deficient number, deficit, deficit financing, deficit spending, defier

Origin of Deficient

1575–85; < Latin dēficient- (stem of dēficiēns, present participle of dēficere to fail, run short, lack, weaken), equivalent to dē- de- + fic-, combining form of facere to make, do1 + thematic -i- + -ent- -ent

Other words from Deficient

de·fi·cient·ly , adverb
non·de·fi·cient , adjective
non·de·fi·cient·ly , adverb
pre·de·fi·cient , adjective
pre·de·fi·cient·ly , adverb
un·de·fi·cient , adjective
un·de·fi·cient·ly , adverb

Word origin for Deficient

C16: from Latin dēficiēns lacking, from dēficere to fall short; see defect

Synonyms for Deficient

defective, faulty, flawed, impaired, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, lacking, scarce, skimpy, unsatisfactory, weak, amiss, bad, damaged, exiguous, found wanting, infrequent, injured, marred, meager, not cut out for, not enough, not make it, not up to scratch, outta gas, rare, scant, scanty, second fiddle, second string, short, shy, sketchy, third string, unassembled, unequal, unfinished, wanting