deficient vs paltry

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. 

paltry

adj
  • Of little monetary worth. 

  • Trashy, trivial, of little value. 

  • Despicable; contemptibly unimportant. 

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