| deficiency disease | n penyakit kurang zat. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| deficiency | n kekurangan: vitamin ~, kekurangan vitamin; a ~ of two tons in the load, kekurangan muatan sebanyak dua tan; deficiencies of nature, kekurangan semula jadi; mental ~, kekurangan mental. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| vitamin | n vitamin: ~ deficiency, kekurangan vitamin; ~ C tablets, pil vitamin C. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| nutritional | adj pemakanan: ~ value, nilai pemakanan; ~ deficiency, kekurangan pemakanan. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| poverty | n 1. state of being poor, kemiskinan: for years they lived in great ~, bertahun-tahun mereka hidup dlm kemiskinan yg amat sangat; 2. (fig.) deficiency, scarcity, kekurangan; (idea, imagination) ketandusan: inspite of its ~ of resources, Japan has become a major industrial power, meskipun kekurangan sumber semula jadi, negeri Jepun telah menjadi kuasa perindustrian yg utama; the ~ of ideas exhibited at the conference, | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| redeem | 5. regain respect, menebus maruah: the chairman ~ed himself by resigning from the company, pengerusi itu menebus maruahnya dgn cara meletakkan jawatan drpd syarikat itu; 6. make up for deficiency, menghidupkan: | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| retard | vt 1. make slow, delay, melambatkan, melengahkan: the bad state of the roads ~ed our progress, keadaan buruk jalan-jalan itu melambatkan kemajuan kami; our troops attempted to ~ the advance of the enemy, askar-askar kita cuba melambatkan kemaraan pihak musuh; 2. hinder, (act.) merencatkan; (pass.) terencat: a deficiency that ~s a child’s mental development, kekurangan yg merencatkan perkembangan mental kanak-kanak; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| gap | 3. interval of time, lompang, renggang: there’s a ~ of ten years in our documentation work, terdapat lompang selama sepuluh tahun dlm kerja-kerja dokumentasi kita; the age ~, /jarak, perbezaan/ umur; 4. interval of silence, terhenti seketika: there was a ~ in the conversation, perbualan terhenti seketika; 5. deficiency, lompang, kekosongan; (brought on by death of a loved one) kekosongan: there are wide ~s in my knowledge of this subject, ada lompang yg besar dlm pengetahuan saya ttg subjek ini; his death leaves a ~ that is hard to fill, kematiannya meninggalkan kekosongan yg sukar diisi; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| defect | n 1. fault, flaw, a. (in appearance, form) kecacatan: ~s in the wood, kecacatan yg terdapat pd kayu itu; to examine a product for ~s, meneliti bahan keluaran sekiranya ada kecacatan; b. (in function) kerosakan: a ~ in the mechanism, kerosakan pd mekanisme; c. (in character, nature) kelemahan, kecacatan: a ~ in o’s character, kelemahan pd peribadi sso; moral ~, kecacatan moral; 2. deficiency, a. (in regularity, soundness of form or structure) kelemahan, kekurangan: ~s in an administrative system, kelemahan dlm sistem pentadbiran; there are several ~s in the design, terdapat beberapa kelemahan dlm reka bentuk itu; b. (ref to eyesight, hearing) rosak: he has a hearing ~, pendengarannya rosak; c. (ref to memory) kelemahan, lemah; d. (ref to speech) kecacatan, cacat; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |