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Synonyms for deficient
dɪˈfɪʃ əntde·fi·cient

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  1. deficient, lacking(p), wanting(p)adjective

    inadequate in amount or degree

    "a deficient education"; "deficient in common sense"; "lacking in stamina"; "tested and found wanting"

    Antonyms:
    equal, adequate, standard

  2. insufficient, deficientadjective

    of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement

    "insufficient funds"

    Synonyms:
    insufficient, lacking(p), wanting(p), inferior, substandard

    Antonyms:
    equal, adequate, standard

  3. deficient, inferior, substandardadjective

    falling short of some prescribed norm

    "substandard housing"

    Synonyms:
    insufficient, subscript, lacking(p), wanting(p), inferior, substandard

    Antonyms:
    adequate, equal, standard

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deficientadjective

    Synonyms:
    defective, insufficient, imperfect, incomplete, not full, not perfect

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  1. deficientadjective

    Synonyms:
    defective, imperfect, meagre, scanty, inadequate, insufficient

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "deficient":

    flawed, inadequate, insufficient, defective, poor, weak, infirm, incomplete

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How to use deficient in a sentence?

  1. Judge Katzmann:

    The question is whether this conduct considered as a whole was misleading or likely to mislead. I believe it was, the post-market evaluation of all the Ethicon devices was deficient.

  2. Pina LoGiudice:

    The first thing is definitely magnesium. That will actually help with restless leg syndrome or if you have any low back cramping, calcium is quite wonderful because ... your body will cause more aches and pains because you're trying to build your baby, and so you yourself become deficient. Acupuncture is phenomenal and safe for those low back pains or sciatica or that neck stiffness.

  3. Samuel Taylor Coleridge:

    No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

  4. Carole Baggerly:

    Nearly 40 percent to 75 percent of the world's population is vitamin D deficient, the deficiency and disease that follow do not need to exist. GrassrootsHealth was founded to eradicate the vitamin D deficiency epidemic.

  5. Megan Fox:

    When Megan Fox tell someone that theyre not good at something or that theyre deficient, they can absorb that and it can become their reality, and create a life that reflects that negative s -- t that Megan Fox spoke about them !


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