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An appearance of spontaneity is much valued by law school teachers of advocacy, but the price of a spontaneous-seeming style is too often a deficiently crafted factual narrative.
From Slate ● Dec. 9, 2019
They were not uniform, the breeches were bad, bellies deficiently covered, and they carried considerable kemp.
From Practical Angora Goat Raising by
He was a man of scholastic training, and I had been deficiently educated.
From Autobiography of Friedrich Froebel translated and annotated by Emilie Michaelis ... and H. Keatley Moore. by Michaelis, Emilie
It reflects little credit on the English Government that the English fleet was so deficiently supplied with ammunition, as to be unable to complete the destruction of the invaders.
From The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World: from Marathon to Waterloo by Creasy, Edward Shepherd, Sir
It reflects little credit on the English government that the English fleet was so deficiently supplied with ammunition as to be unable to complete the destruction of the invaders.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by Rudd, John
