Deficient Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-fĭshənt
Incomplete
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. defective
  2. lacking
  3. imperfect
  4. incomplete
  5. wanting
  6. crude
  7. dysgenic
  8. immature
  9. substandard
  10. inadequate
  11. insufficient
  12. sketchy
  13. meagre
  14. mediocre
  15. minus
  16. rudimentary
  17. scanty
  18. underdeveloped
  19. inferior
Of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. insufficient
Antonyms:
  1. sufficient

Words Related to Deficient

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Deficient Sentence Examples

  • They are both deficient in solidity and in permanent interest.

  • Fortunately Frederick had never been deficient in courage.

  • Although deficient in technical training, he handled with great skill the difficult problems which were presented by the Civil War.

  • Boots were worn out, greatcoats deficient, transport almost unattainable and, according to modern ideas, the army would have been considered incapable of action.

  • For a people so accustomed to revolutionary outbreaks, the Venezuelans are singularly deficient in military organization.

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