deficient in

Frequency: 9.020.5 per million words

Used to introduce the specific thing that is lacking.

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Examples (10)

  • Their food is deficient in iron.
  • A diet deficient in vitamin C can lead to scurvy.
  • The report was seriously deficient in factual accuracy.
  • He proved to be sadly deficient in common sense.
  • The small startup was deficient in the funding needed for expansion.
  • If your plan is deficient in detail, it is likely to fail.
  • We noticed the old building was deficient in modern safety features.
  • Their argument is intellectually deficient in logical structure.
  • The proposal, while ambitious, was found to be deficient in several key areas.
  • Although the soil is only slightly deficient in nitrogen, it still affects crop yield.