deficient vs measly

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. 

measly

adj
  • Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount. 

  • Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms). 

  • Of a person: infected with measles. 

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