No. 9,542 in French
déficitaires
"Deficient" or "in deficit."
In a sentence
Les comptes de l'entreprise sont déficitaires cette année.
The company's accounts are in deficit this year.
The word "déficitaires" is used here to describe the financial state of the company's accounts being in a negative balance.
Le budget public est déficitaire depuis plusieurs années.
The public budget has been in deficit for several years.
In this instance, "déficitaire" refers to the financial state of the public budget being lacking or in deficit over an extended period.
Nos efforts pour résoudre le problème se sont avérés déficitaires.
Our efforts to solve the problem proved insufficient.
Here, "déficitaires" is figuratively applied to express that the efforts made were not adequate or lacking in some aspect to solve the issue.
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