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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(a.) Not having an adequate supply or amount; wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.

Greek

1729. endees -- ninth
... lacking. From a compound of en and deo (in the sense of lacking); deficient in --
lacking. see GREEK en. see GREEK deo. (endees) -- 1 Occurrence. 1728, 1729. ...
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2761. kenos -- in vain
... Cognate: 2761 -- properly, for ; hence, (without content); lacking (deficient);
(figuratively) sense; foolish because (ineffective), ie to because (). ...
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5303. husterema -- that which is lacking, need
... Definition that which is lacking, need NASB Word Usage lacking (1), need (3), needs
(1), poverty (1), what is lacking (1), what was deficient (1), what was ...
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5302. hustereo -- to come late, be behind, come short
... From husteros; to be later, ie (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall
short (be deficient) -- come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2627. chassir -- lacking, wanting, deficient
... chassir or chassir. 2628 . lacking, wanting, deficient. Transliteration: chassir
or chassir Phonetic Spelling: (khas-seer') Short Definition: deficient. ...
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Library

Whether Good Can be the Cause of Evil?
... Therefore good cannot be the cause of evil. Objection 3: Further, a deficient effect
can proceed only from a deficient cause. But evil is a deficient effect. ...
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Whether Every Human Action is Good, or are There Evil Actions?
... Reply to Objection 1: Evil acts in virtue of deficient goodness. ... On the other
hand if good were not deficient, there would be no evil. ...
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Whether Prodigality is Opposite to Covetousness?
... Thus, as regards affection for riches, the covetous man exceeds by loving them more
than he ought, while the prodigal is deficient, by being less careful of ...
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That we Ought not to Expect to Find any Efficient Cause of the ...
... Let no one, therefore, look for an efficient cause of the evil will; for it is not
efficient, but deficient, as the will itself is not an effecting of something ...
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Whether the Supreme Good, God, is the Cause of Evil?
... Reply to Objection 2: The effect of the deficient secondary cause is reduced to
the first non-deficient cause as regards what it has of being and perfection ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the supreme good god.htm

Letter xvii. Harmony of Christian Character.
... If one is deficient, and another too prominent, the idea of deformity strikes the
mind with painful sensations, somewhat similar to those produced by harsh ...
/.../letter xvii harmony of christian.htm

Introduction
... the Father, and of the beloved Jesus Christ, which has through mercy obtained every
kind of gift, which is filled with faith and love, and is deficient in no ...
/.../ignatius/the epistle of ignatius to the smyrnaeans/introduction.htm

The "Demonstrations" of Aphrahat.
... King will not lodge, nor will he dwell in the midst of it; but all that is choicest
in the house is required for the King and that nothing in it be deficient. ...
/.../aphrahat/aphrahat select demonstrations/the demonstrations of aphrahat.htm

Of the Apostle's Language Concerning Food.
... carefully prepared, if, when he subjoins, "Neither, if we shall have eaten, shall
we abound; nor, if we shall not have eaten, shall we be deficient," the ring ...
/.../chapter xv of the apostles language.htm

Conclusion. Clue to the Error of the Jews.
... And we saw Him, and He had not attractiveness or grace; but His mien was unhonoured,
deficient in comparison of the sons of men," [1445] "a man set in the ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter xiv conclusion clue to the.htm

Thesaurus

Deficient (6 Occurrences)
... make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate;
defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient...
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Lean (22 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager;
thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle. 7. (vi) Wanting ...
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Good (8348 Occurrences)
... a good share or part, etc. 9. (superl.) Not lacking or deficient; full;
complete. 10. (superl.) Not blemished or impeached; fair ...
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Weak (102 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) Wanting physical strength. 2. (vi) Deficient in
strength of body; feeble; infirm; sickly; debilitated; enfeebled; exhausted. ...
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Want (607 Occurrences)
... 5. (vt) To be without; to be destitute of, or deficient in; not to have; to lack;
as, to want knowledge; to want judgment; to want learning; to want food and ...
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Fail (130 Occurrences)
... 1. (vi) To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or
degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expected ...
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Defied (20 Occurrences)

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Zerah (22 Occurrences)
... Petrie, Egypt and Israel, 74), and most writers now identify Zerah with Usarkon
II, though the Egyptian records of this particular era are deficient and some ...
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Ungraceful (1 Occurrence)
... (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance;
inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech. ...
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Upbraiding (2 Occurrences)
... James 1:5 And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God for it,
who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be ...
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Bible Concordance

Deficient (6 Occurrences)

John 2:3 And wine being deficient, the mother of Jesus says to him, They have no wine.
(DBY)

2 Corinthians 11:6 And if in the matter of speech I am no orator, yet in knowledge I am not deficient. Nay, we have in every way made that fully evident to you.
(WEY)

Philippians 2:30 because on account of the work of the Christ he drew near to death, having hazarded the life that he might fill up your deficiency of service unto me.
(See NAS)

James 1:4 Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.
(WEY)

James 1:5 And if any one of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask God for it, who gives with open hand to all men, and without upbraiding; and it will be given him.
(WEY)

Daniel 5:27 TEKEL; you are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Deficient

Related Terms

Lean (22 Occurrences)

Good (8348 Occurrences)

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Want (607 Occurrences)

Fail (130 Occurrences)

Defied (20 Occurrences)

Zerah (22 Occurrences)

Ungraceful (1 Occurrence)