become deficient
Frequency: 6.55.3 per million words
Indicates a transition into a state of deficiency.
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- If your diet lacks variety, you risk becoming deficient in essential vitamins.
- During the long voyage, the sailors' diet became deficient in vitamin C.
- Without proper soil management, the land will become deficient in key nutrients.
- After the illness, he became severely deficient in iron and needed supplements.
- Our educational system might become deficient if we don't invest in new technologies.
- The team's strategy has become deficient in creativity, making them predictable.
- It is a concern when a child's learning environment becomes deficient in stimulation.
- As the project dragged on, our resources became woefully deficient.
- To avoid becoming deficient in sleep, it's important to maintain a regular schedule.
- The company's once-stellar reputation became deficient due to poor ethical choices.