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1 deficient
[dɪ'fɪʃnt]* * *[di'fiʃənt](lacking in what is needed: Their food is deficient in vitamins.) carente* * *deficient /dɪˈfɪʃnt/a.1 carente; povero: food deficient in iron, alimento povero di ferro; vitamin [protein, etc.] deficient, povero di vitamine [di proteine, ecc.]2 (form.) inadeguato; carente: Their performance was seriously deficient, la loro prestazione è stata decisamente carenteFALSI AMICI: deficient non significa deficiente come insulto.* * *[dɪ'fɪʃnt] -
2 defective
[dɪ'fektɪv]1) (faulty) [work, method] difettoso, imperfetto; [sight, hearing] difettoso2) spreg. (mentally deficient) deficiente3) ling. difettivo* * *[-tiv]adjective (having a fault or flaw: a defective machine; He is mentally defective.) difettoso; ritardato* * *defective /dɪˈfɛktɪv/A a.1 difettoso: defective eyesight, vista difettosa; (comm.) defective goods, merci difettose; defective products, prodotti difettosi; (stat.) defective sample, campione difettoso; defective gene, gene difettoso2 (gramm. tradizionale) difettivo: ‘Must’ used to be called a defective verb, ‘must’ veniva chiamato verbo difettivoB n.defectively avv. defectiveness n. [u] AVVISO: Nel significato psicologico oggi si preferisce disabled.* * *[dɪ'fektɪv]1) (faulty) [work, method] difettoso, imperfetto; [sight, hearing] difettoso2) spreg. (mentally deficient) deficiente3) ling. difettivo -
3 MD
1) med. univ. (abbr. Doctor of Medicine dottore in medicina) M.D. m.2) amm. managing director* * *[,em 'di:]( abbreviation) (Doctor of Medicine.) (dottore in medicina)* * *[ˌɛm'diː]1. n abbr1) (= Doctor of Medicine) Dottore m in Medicina2. abbr AmPost, (= Maryland)* * *MDsigla* * *1) med. univ. (abbr. Doctor of Medicine dottore in medicina) M.D. m.2) amm. managing director
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mentally deficient — index non compos mentis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
mentally deficient — mentally retarded, having decreased mental capacity … English contemporary dictionary
mentally deficient — /mɛntəli dəˈfɪʃənt/ (say mentuhlee duh fishuhnt) adjective characterised by subnormal intelligence …
deficient — adj Deficient, defective mean showing lack of something necessary. The words are sometimes used interchangeably though they tend to diverge in their meanings. Deficient typically implies a falling short in the amount, quantity, or force… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
deficient — I adjective attenuated, barren, below par, blemished, defective, depleted, devoid, disappointing, discontenting, empty, falling short, faulty, few, flawed, hollow, impaired, imperfect, impoverished, in arrears, inadequate, incompetent, incomplete … Law dictionary
mentally defective — mentally deficient, mentally handicapped … English contemporary dictionary
mentally retarded — Synonyms and related words: arrested, babbling, backward, blithering, burbling, crackbrained, cracked, crazy, cretinistic, cretinous, dithering, driveling, drooling, half baked, half witted, idiotic, imbecile, imbecilic, maundering, mentally… … Moby Thesaurus
mentally handicapped — /mɛntəli ˈhændikæpt/ (say mentuhlee handeekapt) adjective → mentally deficient …
deficient — adj. 1 (usu. foll. by in) incomplete; not having enough of a specified quality or ingredient. 2 insufficient in quantity, force, etc. 3 (in full mentally deficient) incapable of adequate social or intellectual behaviour through imperfect mental… … Useful english dictionary
deficient — deficiently, adv. /di fish euhnt/, adj. 1. lacking some element or characteristic; defective: deficient in taste. 2. insufficient; inadequate: deficient knowledge. n. 3. a person who is deficient, esp. one who is mentally defective. [1575 85; < L … Universalium
deficient — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove ▪ become ADVERB ▪ gravely, sadly (esp. BrE), seriously, severely … Collocations dictionary