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deficients

deficients is the plural of deficient.

Meaning of deficient

Noun

deficient (plural deficients)

  1. A person who is deficient.
    • This was justified by the rationale that mental deficients, by definition, are not able to succeed in society.2004, Steven Noll, James Trent, Mental Retardation in America: A Historical Reader, page 316

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Phrases with deficients

Questions about deficients

What is deficients the plural of?
Deficients is the plural of deficient.

Words near deficients in the dictionary

  1. deficient number
  2. deficient numbers
  3. deficient-demand unemployment
  4. deficiently
  5. deficientness
  6. deficients
  7. deficit
  8. deficit budget
  9. deficit good
  10. deficit goods
  11. deficit hawk

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