What is another word for deficient?
Synonyms for deficient
dɪˈfɪʃ əntde·fi·cient
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
deficient
Synonyms:
bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deformed, fallible, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthlessAntonyms:
absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, perfect, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled
Princeton's WordNet
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"
insufficient, deficientadjective
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
"insufficient funds"
Synonyms:
insufficient, lacking(p), wanting(p), inferior, substandarddeficient, inferior, substandardadjective
falling short of some prescribed norm
"substandard housing"
Synonyms:
insufficient, subscript, lacking(p), wanting(p), inferior, substandard
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deficientadjective
Synonyms:
defective, insufficient, imperfect, incomplete, not full, not perfect
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deficientadjective
Synonyms:
defective, imperfect, meagre, scanty, inadequate, insufficient
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "deficient":
flawed, inadequate, insufficient, defective, poor, weak, infirm, incomplete
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#746 | short | |
#841 | bad | |
#1711 | poor | |
#4981 | weak | |
#8060 | incomplete | |
#10208 | inadequate | |
#10242 | insufficient | |
#11273 | defective | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#15200 | inferior | |
#16930 | faulty | |
#17142 | deficient | |
#17335 | flawed | |
#17868 | corrupted | |
#18218 | ruined | |
#20769 | worthless | |
#21090 | imperfect | |
#21584 | spoiled | |
#28175 | perverted | |
#30944 | deformed | |
#37666 | scant | |
#38067 | subscript | |
#38072 | substandard | |
#42006 | marred | |
#42060 | meager | |
#53689 | defaced | |
#58852 | infirm | |
#80235 | fallible | |
#111694 | blemished |
How to use deficient in a sentence?
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.
It's very easy to get enough magnesium. I think the reason so many people are deficient is because a lot of food and drink can make magnesium unavailable to their bodies.
It's bittersweet, it's discouraging because we told them all the reasons why they shouldn't renovate Soldier Field 20 years ago. They didn't listen to us. And now, they're not happy with the things we told them were deficient in the Soldier Field plan.
No mind is thoroughly well organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.
Its not enough to know you’re iron deficient, the question is why?
Translations for deficient
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- ناقصArabic
- недостатъчен, недостигащ, несъвършен, с недостатъциBulgarian
- deficientCatalan, Valencian
- mangelhaftGerman
- deficienteSpanish
- puutteellinen, riittämätönFinnish
- easpach, díothach, uireasachIrish
- kurangIndonesian
- deficienteItalian
- takarepa, pahara, pūhungahungaMāori
- gebrekkigDutch
- deficientePortuguese
- deficientRomanian
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