Difference between Deficient and Scarce

DEFICIENT vs SCARCE: ADJECTIVE

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

Insufficient to meet a demand or requirement; short in supply.
Not enough; hard to find
Deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand
Hard to find; absent or rare.
Not plentiful or abundant; in small quantity in proportion to the demand; not easily to be procured; rare; uncommon.
Scantily supplied (with); deficient (in); -- with of.
Sparing; frugal; parsimonious; stingy.
To decamp; to depart.
Uncommon, rare; difficult to find; insufficient to meet a demand.

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

To make less; diminish; make scant.
Hardly; barely; scarcely.
Sparing; parsimonious; niggard; niggardly; stingy.
Scantily supplied; poorly provided; not having much: sometimes with of.
Diminished; reduced from the original or the proper size or measure; deficient; short.
Deficient in quantity or number; insufficient for the need or demand; scant; scanty; not abundant.
Few in number; seldom seen; infrequent; uncommon; rare: as, scarce coins; a scarce book.
Characterized by scarcity, especially of provisions, or the necessaries of life.
Synonyms and Rare, Scarce. See rare.
Almost not
(idiom) (make (oneself) scarce) To stay away; be absent or elusive.
(idiom) (make (oneself) scarce) To depart, especially quickly or furtively; abscond.

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

Precious, Scanty, Shortages, Finite, Sparse, Scarcity, Abundant, Just, Barely, Scarcely, Hardly, Deficient, Tight, Rare, Insufficient

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

Scant, Precious, Scanty, Shortages, Finite, Sparse, Abundant, Just, Barely, Scarcely, Hardly, Deficient, Tight, Rare, Insufficient

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.

Nevertheless, reddy tin is scarce, and bills abound.
Extended flat areas preferred for airports are scarce.
Seems IP addresses are an scarce resource nowadays.
CLABSI prevention program, especially if resources are scarce.
Mexican curb could scarce control when once aroused.
But, resources that satisfy human wants are scarce.
They were a scarce resource because of government regulation and, as with all scarce resources, they become expensive.
As something becomes more scarce or less scarce, the desire for it does not change in a proportionate way.
Hardin argues that just like space on a lifeboat is scarce, resources are similarly scarce.
This follows from the nature of scarce goods and scarce factors.