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deficient adjective attenuated, barren, below par, blemished, defective, depleted, devoid, disappointing, empty, falling short, faulty, few, flawed, hollow, impaired, imperfect, impoverished, in arrears, inadequate, incompetent, incomplete, inferior, inops, insubstantial, insufficient, jejune, lacking, less than necessary, mancus, marred, meager, missing, not enough, not satisfying, not up to norral, not up to par, paltry, partial, poor, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, sketchy, skimpy, slight, small, sparing, sparse, starved, substandard, thin, too little, unample, undeveloped, unequal to, unfinished, unfulfilled, unfurnished, unnourishing, unprovided, unsatisfactory, unsufficing, unsupplied, void of, wanting, weak
Associated concepts: deficiency judgment, mentally deficient, totally deficient

See also: defective, delinquent, devoid, fallible, faulty, imperfect, inadequate, incompetent, inferior, insufficient, minimal, nonsubstantial, overdue, paltry, partial, perfunctory, poor, scarce, unqualified, unsatisfactory, unsound

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attenuated backward below par defective depleted devoid disappointing discontenting falling short faulty flawed hardly impaired impoverished in arrears inadequate incompetent incomplete inops			Defensive allegation defensive arms defensive clothing defensive equipment defensive evidence defensive plea defer defer to deference deferential deferentially deferment deferral deferre deferred deferred payment defiance defiance of custom defiance of danger defiance of orders defiance of precedent defiant deficere deficiency Deficiency Judgment deficient deficient in reason deficient work deficit defile defiled defilement definability definable define define limits define location defined defined meaning defining definire definite definite carelessness definite form Definite number definite procedure definitely definiteness definition Definition of TRIAL - STRICKEN DUE TO INTERLOC APPEAL? definitional			Deficiency judgement Deficiency judgement Deficiency judgment Deficiency judgment Deficiency letter Deficiency Letters Deficiency List Deficiency Log Deficiency of a curve Deficiency of Heart Qi Syndrome Deficiency of Heart-Yin Syndrome deficiency of sweating Deficiency of Uridine Monophosphate Synthase Deficiency of Vitamin K-Dependent Clotting Factors deficiency protein deficiency protein deficiency protein Deficiency Report Deficiency Report Entry and Mail System Deficiency Report Management System Deficiency Reporting and Investigating System Deficiency Reporting Log System Deficiency Reporting System Deficiency Review Board deficiency symptom Deficiency Tracking System Deficiency Trend Analysis & Reporting Deficiency/Discrepancy Report deficient deficient diet deficient diet deficient diet deficient diet deficient diversional activity deficient diversional activity deficient diversional activity deficient diversional activity deficient diversional activity Deficient Emotional Self-Regulation deficient fluid volume deficient fluid volume deficient fluid volume deficient fluid volume deficient fluid volume Deficient in DNA Methylation 1 deficient in reason Deficient number Deficient number deficient work deficiently deficiently deficiently deficit deficit deficit deficit deficit Déficit Androgénique Lié a l'Age Deficit comercial

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