deficient vs weedy

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. 

weedy

adj
  • Lacking power or effectiveness. 

  • Consisting of weeds. 

  • Characteristic of a plant that grows rapidly and spreads invasively, and which grows opportunistically in cracks of sidewalks and disturbed areas. 

  • Abounding with weeds. 

  • Of, relating to or resembling weeds. 

  • Small and weak. 

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