deficient vs efficient

deficient

adj
  • 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). 

noun
  • A person who is deficient. 

efficient

adj
  • 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 

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