Sentence examples for deficient from inspiring English sources
deficient
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
"deficient" is a correct and usable word in written English. It can be used to mean not having enough of the usual or necessary amount of something, or not meeting a desirable or usual standard of quality. Example sentence: The city's public schools are deficient in educational resources.
If the question was posed in more general terms, such as running experiments with deficient methods, failing to report deficiencies or misrepresenting data, the straight average suggested that 46% of researchers had seen others get up to such shenanigans.
Problem: More than 3 million children in Africa suffer from blindness caused by vitamin A deficiency; in Uganda it is estimated that 28% of children are deficient.
From that, we can extrapolate that many adolescent girls are also iron deficient to the point of being anaemic; more so than adolescent boys, because of monthly blood loss due to menstruation.
Frustration with Conservative policy over Gaza was the trigger, but dismay at what she sees as a morally deficient Middle East policy would not have driven her out of government if she had felt valued from within.
Half of those over 75 in hospital are reckoned to be nutrient-deficient, as are many obese people.Nutrient deficiency is not easy to cure.
Eurovision is the manifestation of that childhood dream – a world of pure, uninhibited, yet talent-deficient self expression; too much eyeliner and vicious backcombing.
Women's Wear Daily, December 4thUnsolicited advice "Stop acting like a vitamin-deficient Adlai Stevenson.
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