deficient
Word family adverbdeficientlynoundeficientnessadjectivedeficient
de·fi·cient /dɪˈfɪʃənt/ adjectiveadj formal1 ENOUGH#not containing or having enough of something 缺乏的,不足的Women who are dieting can become iron deficient. 節食的女性有可能缺鐵。
deficient inpatients who were deficient in vitamin C 缺乏維生素C的病人
2 GOODnot good enough 不足的,有缺陷的Our prisons are our most deficient social service. 我們的監獄是問題最大的社會機構。
deficient in• a diet deficient in calcium Origin deficient (1500-1600) Latin deficiens, present participle of
deficere;
→ DEFECT1