Difference between Deficient and Insufficient

DEFICIENT vs INSUFFICIENT: ADJECTIVE

Inadequate in amount or degree
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Lacking an essential quality or element.
Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient.
Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking
Falling short of some prescribed norm
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
See under Abundant.

Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Not sufficient; inadequate.
Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose.
Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit.
Not sufficient.

Lacking; wanting; incomplete.
Defective; imperfect; inadequate: as, deficient strength.
Not having a full or adequate supply: as, the country is deficient in the means of carrying on war.

Not sufficient; lacking in what is necessary or required; deficient in amount, force, or fitness; inadequate; incompetent: as, insufficient provision or protection; insufficient motives.

Nonstandard, Short, Light, Lean, Scant, Low, Scarce, Skimpy, Depleted, Inferior, Poor, Substandard, Insufficient, Lacking, Inadequate

Adequate, Sufficient, Shy, Too little, Lean, Light, Short, Low, Depleted, Skimpy, Poor, Scarce, Scant, Deficient, Inadequate

Nonstandard, Short, Light, Lean, Scant, Low, Scarce, Skimpy, Depleted, Inferior, Poor, Substandard, Insufficient, Lacking, Inadequate

Adequate, Sufficient, Too little, Shy, Lean, Light, Short, Low, Depleted, Skimpy, Poor, Scarce, Scant, Deficient, Inadequate

Toryanskis did not provide deficient performance in mitigation.
Do not use respirators in oxygen deficient environments.
It means we are deficient in bicarbonate and the more deficient we get in bicarbonate, the more acidic we become and acid burns.
Some governments are deficient in both these qualities; most governments are deficient in the first.
Some governments are deficient in both these qualities: Most governments are deficient in the first.
Individuals applying for WIOA enrollment using the basic skills deficient priority of service must provide documentation to verify they are basic skills deficient.
Grantee shall purchase Deficient Quantities from Grantor by paying Grantor the Deficient Quantity Charge.
Critically deficient: Performance that is critically deficient and in need ofimmediate remedial attention.
Deficient precipitation parameterization: Do not assimilate observations where the model is deficient.
The divisors of a pefect or deficient number is deficient.

Offers with insufficient information are liable to rejection.
Insufficient number of arguments or no entry found.
Insufficient attributes were given to create an object.
Mere knowledge of likelihood is legally insufficient proof.
Bank and the amount of interest was insufficient.
If there are insufficient facts in the affidavit there may be insufficient evidence for the Court to come to the desired finding.
If we return a postdated item because of insufficient funds in your Account, you will be subject to the insufficient funds penalty.
TKis causes insufficient voltage at motor induction and results in excessive output current but insufficient output torque.
Evidence was insufficient if there were no relevant trials or data were insufficient.
An insufficient sacrifice could not justify those who suffer from insufficient righteousness.