There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DEFICIENT
deficient, lacking, wanting
(adjective) inadequate in amount or degree; “a deficient education”; “deficient in common sense”; “lacking in stamina”; “tested and found wanting”
deficient, inferior, substandard
(adjective) falling short of some prescribed norm; “substandard housing”
insufficient, deficient
(adjective) of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; “insufficient funds”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
deficient (comparative more deficient, superlative most deficient)
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
(mathematics) Of a number n, Having the sum of divisors σ(n)<2n, or, equivalently, the sum of proper divisors (or aliquot sum) s(n) Source: Wiktionary De*fi"cient, a. Etym: [L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of deficere to be
wanting. See Defect.] Definition: 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.
The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay.
Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant.
– De*fi"cient-ly, adv. Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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