bare vs deficient

bare

adj
  • Minimal; that is or are just sufficient. 

  • A lot or lots of. 

  • Having had what usually covers (something) removed. 

  • Having no decoration. 

  • Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. 

  • Threadbare, very worn. 

  • Naked, uncovered. 

  • Having no supplies. 

  • With head uncovered; bareheaded. 

  • Mere; without embellishment. 

  • Not insured. 

noun
  • The surface, the (bare) skin. 

  • Surface; body; substance. 

  • That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. 

adv
  • Without a condom. 

  • Barely. 

  • Very; significantly. 

verb
  • To uncover; to reveal. 

deficient

adj
  • Insufficient or inadequate in amount. 

  • Lacking something essential; often construed with in. 

  • Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n). 

noun
  • A person who is deficient. 

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