deficient

Example Sentences

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In a letter to Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn, it stated the bill is "manifestly deficient" and contains "almost no protections beyond those which already exist".

From BBC

At California City Detention Facility, immigrants file lawsuit over alleged ‘shockingly deficient’ medical care, frigid temperatures, bugs crawling on walls, sewage backups, inadequate food and water, and generally ‘decrepit’ conditions.

From Los Angeles Times

Many people in the UK remain deficient in Vitamin D and Professor Tregoning suggests that winter sunlight and getting outdoors can help.

From BBC

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

From Seattle Times

The report singles out the FBI for acting on "raw, unanalyzed, and uncorroborated intelligence," and for handling "important aspects" of the probe in a "seriously deficient" manner rife with "confirmation bias."

From Salon