Antonyms for deficient
dɪˈfɪʃ əntde·fi·cient

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1. deficient

   Antonyms:
   absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled

   Synonyms:
   bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deformed, fallible, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthless

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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"

   Antonyms:
   equal, adequate, standard

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

3. deficient, inferior, substandardadjective

   falling short of some prescribed norm

   "substandard housing"

   Antonyms:
   adequate, equal, standard

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

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1. deficientadjective

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

How to use deficient in a sentence?

1. Peter DeFazio:

   Enbridge's actions leading up to the spill were deplorable: federal investigators found that Enbridge's integrity management procedures were so deficient that Enbridge allowed well-documented crack defects in corroded areas to propagate until the pipeline failed.

2. Jack Jacoub:

   Its not enough to know you’re iron deficient, the question is why?

3. 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 !

4. Andrew Marr:

   It’s highly individualized; no two people are the same, whatever you’re found to be deficient or insufficient in, that’s what we’re going to replace.

5. Judge Groh:

   I find the sentencing options for the court in this case deficient.

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