1 ~ (in sth) not having enough of sth, especially sth that is essential:
a diet that is deficient in vitamin A
2 (formal) not good enough:
Deaf people are sometimes treated as being mentally deficient.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is deficient a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, deficient is tagged as adjective.
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