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Another word for deficient

Adjective

  1. Lacking an essential element

    2. See also:

    excess

    better

  2. Not enough to meet a demand or requirement

    3. See also:

    excess

    big

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Another word for deficient

Modifier

  1. Inadequate

    2. See also:

    inadequate

  2. Incomplete

    3. See also:

    wanting

    unfinished

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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.

  • In 1795, under the joint operation of a deficient harvest and the diminution in foreign supplies of grain owing to outbreak of war, the price of wheat, which, for the twenty preceding years, had been under 50s.

  • These hybrids produce a lint which is long and silky, but often deficient in strength: selection for strength amongst the hybrids, with due regard to length, may overcome this.

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