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Tare :: Tare (n.) Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc..

Thoughtless :: Thoughtless (adv.) Deficient in reasoning power; stupid; dull.

Lackbrain :: Lackbrain (n.) One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person.

Imping :: Imping (n.) The process of repairing broken feathers or a deficient wing.

Hypernoea :: Hypernoea (n.) Abnormal breathing, due to slightly deficient arterialization of the blood; -- in distinction from eupnoea. See Eupnoea, and Dispnoea..

Weak :: Weak (v. i.) Lacking in elements of political strength; not wielding or having authority or energy; deficient in the resources that are essential to a ruler or nation; as, a weak monarch; a weak government or state..

Deficiency :: Deficiency (n.) The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

Incapable :: Incapable (a.) Wanting in ability or qualification for the purpose or end in view; not large enough to contain or hold; deficient in physical strength, mental or moral power, etc.; not capable; as, incapable of holding a certain quantity of liquid; incapable of endurance, of comprehension, of perseverance, of reform, etc..

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting fullness, richness, sufficiency, or productiveness; deficient in quality or contents; slender; scant; barren; bare; mean; -- used literally and figuratively; as, the lean harvest; a lean purse; a lean discourse; lean wages..

Low-spirited :: Low-spirited (a.) Deficient in animation and courage; dejected; depressed; not sprightly.

Anaemia :: Anaemia (a.) A morbid condition in which the blood is deficient in quality or in quantity.

Fail :: Fail (v. i.) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; -- used with of.

Ungraceful :: Ungraceful (a.) Not graceful; not marked with ease and dignity; deficient in beauty and elegance; inelegant; awkward; as, ungraceful manners; ungraceful speech..

Entire :: Entire (a.) Complete in all parts; undivided; undiminished; whole; full and perfect; not deficient; as, the entire control of a business; entire confidence, ignorance..

Inadequate :: Inadequate (a.) Not adequate; unequal to the purpose; insufficient; deficient; as, inadequate resources, power, conceptions, representations, etc..

Lean :: Lean (v. i.) Wanting flesh; destitute of or deficient in fat; not plump; meager; thin; lank; as, a lean body; a lean cattle..

Timorous :: Timorous (a.) Fearful of danger; timid; deficient in courage.

Indeficient :: Indeficient (a.) Not deficient; full.

Spanaemia :: Spanaemia (n.) A condition of impoverishment of the blood; a morbid state in which the red corpuscles, or other important elements of the blood, are deficient..

Acephalous :: Acephalous (a.) Deficient and the beginning, as a line of poetry..

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