deficient number

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deficient number - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deficient \De*fi"cient\, a. [L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of
     deficere to be wanting. See Defect.]
     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.
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           The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. --
        De*fi"cient-ly, adv.
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