Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n).
A person who is deficient.
making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy
expressing the proportion of consumed energy that was successfully used in a process; the ratio of useful output to total input
causing effects, producing results; bringing into being; initiating change (rare except in philosophical and legal expression efficient cause = causative factor or agent)
effective, efficacious