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(adj.)Lacking an essential quality or element: deficient in common sense.
(adj.)Inadequate in amount or degree; insufficient: a deficient education.
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In mathematics, a deficient number or defective number is a number n for which σ ( n ) < 2 n . Here σ ( n ) is the sum-of-divisors function: the sum of all positive divisors of n , i...
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Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.
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A deficient number is an integer $n$ such that its proper divisors add up to less than itself, or all its divisors add up to less than twice itself. ... All prime numbers are deficient, since 1 is their only proper divisor.
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This all has a "Goldilocksesque" character to it -- but you shouldn't think of "deficient" in any perjorative sense, or "perfect" in a good sense. Just accept and use the words, since they're ingrained in the literature.
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