How do you say “deficient” in Vietnamese?

“Deficient” in Vietnamese is thiếu hụt (short).

Vietnamese words for “deficient”

• thiếu hụtListenadjective
  Hanoi [tʰiəw˧˦ hut̚˧˨ʔ] · Saigon [tʰiw˦˥ hʊk͡p̚˨˩˨]thiếu rising hụt heavy

  short; inadequate; deficient

Related Vietnamese words

• khiếm khuyếtListenadjective

  deficient; lacking

• yếu kémListenadjective

  weak; deficient

• thiếuListenverb

  to be short of; to lack

• đuốiListenadjective

  weary; exhausted; fatigued

• hụt hẫngListenadjective

  feeling empty; deficient; short

• khuyếtListenadjective

  crescent; incomplete; deficient

• bất tàiListenadjective

  talentless; inept; incompetent

• kém cỏiListenadjective

  weak; bad; inferior

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.