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  1. adjective Lacking an essential quality or element: deficient in common sense.
  2. adjective Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient: a deficient education.

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  • If you live in an area that is selenium and / or vitamin E deficient -- then your mare should be supplemented during her pregnancy and during lactation because some of the selenium will be excreted in the mare's milk. —  TheHorse.com News
  • One study found only 40 percent of the healthy infants and toddlers surveyed had optimal levels of vitamin D. 12.1 percent of the children were vitamin D deficient, and 1.9 percent had a severe deficiency. —  HOI-19 - Local News
  • These trees are useful in problem areas such as spots that are nutrient-deficient or have poor drainage. —  Home
  • More than 125 bridges are structurally deficient, according to Carroll, and fixing state roads will also be a priority. —  Colorado Springs Independent
  • When EFA's are deficient, a diversity of health problems may follow. —  Permaculture Research Institute of Australia
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  1. Latin dēficiēns, dēficient-, present participle of dēficere, to fail, be wanting; see defect.

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  1. = French déficient = Spanish Portuguese Italian deficiente, from Latin deficien(t-)s, present participle of deficere, lack, fail, be wanting: see defect.
 

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