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was deficient
adjective
Lacking something essential; often construed with in.
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He admitted that infrastructure was deficient.
The point was deficient infrastructure, she says.
It was merely a ruling that petitioner's pleading was deficient.
The double mutant was deficient in both types of repair.
They maintain that the shooting was unjustified and the grand jury investigation was deficient.
The reports also said that the track workers' familiarity with safety policies was deficient.
The book was deficient not in admirable black characters but in admirable characters.
The polA strain was deficient in Type II repair, but not in Type III repair.
In many cases, the available literature was deficient and outdated.
Why did the State Department ignore repeated warnings that security at Benghazi was deficient?
There were concerns that the previous system was deficient and did not provide comparable data.
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