Adjective: deficient di'fi-shunt
- Inadequate in amount or degree
"a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense";
- lacking, wanting
- Of a quantity not able to fulfil a need or requirement
"deficient funds";
- insufficient
- Falling short of some prescribed norm
"deficient housing";
- inferior, substandard
See also: depleted, inadequate, jejune, lean, light, low, meager [N. Amer], meagerly [N. Amer], meagre [Brit, Cdn], meagrely [Brit, Cdn], nonstandard, poor, quantity, scant, scrimpy, short, shy, skimpy, stingy [informal], unequal
Antonym: sufficient