deficient

  • (s) inadequate in amount or degree
    • a deficient education
    • deficient in common sense
    • lacking in stamina
    • tested and found wanting
    lacking, wanting,
  • (a) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
    • insufficient funds
    insufficient,
  • (s) falling short of some prescribed norm
    • substandard housing
    substandard, inferior,

Synonyms

lacking wanting insufficient substandard inferior

Antonyms

sufficient

See also

meager meagerly meagre scrimpy stingy

Words of close approximity