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be deficient

VERB
need
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call for demand desire lack require
STRONG
claim covet crave exact hanker hunger long lust miss necessitate pine thirst wish yearn
WEAK
be deprived be down and out be hard up be in need of be in want be inadequate be needy be poor be short be without die for do without drive for feel a dearth of feel the necessity for feel the pinch go hungry have occasion for have occasion to have use for hurt for suffer privation yen for
Antonyms
STRONGEST
have not want
STRONG
abjure despise dislike give hate
WEAK
do not want
VERB
want
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call for demand require
STRONG
miss starve
WEAK
be deprived of be found wanting be insufficient be poor be short of be without fall short in have need of stand in need of
Antonyms
WEAK
despise dislike hate have

Example Sentences

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And even if they did - we would need to be deficient in magnesium in the first place to see a benefit.

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

But most other local governments in California have done little to order older buildings be evaluated and strengthened if found to be deficient.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

All of them were replacements for other fittings found to be deficient.

From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023

In mid-2022, Fed staff deemed the bank's management to be deficient and barred the bank from growing through mergers or acquisitions, Barr said.

From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2023

Of these ten, moreover, several are either doubtful, or only occur on the northern outskirts of Argentina, so that Parrots must be held to be deficient in the Argentine Ornis.

From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)