Phrase Hound found 8 phrases and 13 compound words that contain deficient. The most common are listed below. Open deficient in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 8
- deficient numberA number that is greater than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
- deficient numbersplural of deficient number: A number that is greater than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
- rank-deficientNot having full rank; having a rank (dimension) less than the number of columns and the number of rows.
- self-deficientDeficient in itself; not whole or complete; lacking.
- deficient-demand unemploymentAlternative form of demand-deficient unemployment: A situation where there is not enough aggregate demand in the economy to provide jobs for everyone who wants to work.
- demand-deficient unemploymentA situation where there is not enough aggregate demand in the economy to provide jobs for everyone who wants to work.
- mentally deficient person
- mental deficientSynonym of retard (“a person with mental retardation”).
Compound words 13
- deficiencyInadequacy or incompleteness.
- phosphodeficientHaving fewer than normal phosphorylation sites
- bideficientLacking two essentials
- deficientlyIn a deficient manner.
- deficientnessThe quality of being deficient.
- hyperdeficientExtremely deficient.
- multideficientHaving two or more deficiencies
- nondeficientNot deficient.
- pseudodeficientApparently deficient; having a pseudodeficiency.
- undeficientNot deficient.