Meanings
adjectiveindeficient (comparative more indeficient, superlative most indeficient)
comparative more indeficient · superlative most indeficient
- obsoleteNot deficient; full or sufficient.
brighter than the sun, and indeficient as the light of heaven
1651–1653, Jer[emy] Taylor, ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1655, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinindēficiēns
- Englishindeficient
From Latin indēficiēns. See in- (“not”) + deficient.
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Rhymes with indeficient
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APA
indeficient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indeficient
MLA
“indeficient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indeficient. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indeficient,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indeficient.
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