deficient
— Adjective
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～ inadequate in amount or degree; "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"
deficient
— Adjective
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～ of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; "insufficient funds"
deficit
— Noun
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～ (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing
deficit
— Noun
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～ an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period); "last year there was a serious budgetary deficit"
deficit
— Noun
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～ the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit"
deficit
— Noun
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～ a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits"
defilade
— Noun
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～ the arrangement of defensive fortifications to protect against enemy fire
defile
— Verb
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～ make dirty or spotty, as by exposure to air; also used metaphorically; "The silver was tarnished by the long exposure to the air"; "Her reputation was sullied after the affair with a married man"
defile
— Verb
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～ place under suspicion or cast doubt upon; "sully someone's reputation"
defile
— Verb
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～ spot, stain, or pollute; "The townspeople defiled the river by emptying raw sewage into it"
defile
— Noun
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～ a narrow pass (especially one between mountains)
defiled
— Adjective
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～ morally blemished; stained or impure
defilement
— Noun
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～ the state of being polluted
defiler
— Noun
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～ a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
definable
— Adjective
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～ capable of being defined, limited, or explained; "definable terms"; "definable rules"
define
— Verb
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～ determine the essential quality of
define
— Verb
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～ give a definition for the meaning of a word; "Define `sadness'"
define
— Verb
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～ show the form or outline of; "The tree was clearly defined by the light"; "The camera could define the smallest object"
define
— Verb
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～ decide upon or fix definitely; "fix the variables"; "specify the parameters"
define
— Verb
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～ determine the nature of; "What defines a good wine?"