Related Words for deficient

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WordSyllablesCategories
lacking
/x
Adjective, Verb
insufficient
xx/x
Verb, Adjective
poor
/
Adjective, Adjective
inadequate
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
scarce
/
Adjective, Adjective
wanting
/x
Adjective, Adjective, Verb
low
/
Verb, Adjective
shy
/
Adjective, Adjective
nonstandard
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
scant
/
Adjective, Adjective
skimpy
/x
Adjective, Adjective
inferior
x/xx
Adjective, Adjective
depleted
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
substandard
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
short
/
Adjective, Adjective
lean
/
Adjective, Adjective
light
/
Adjective, Adjective
deficiency
x/xx
Noun
defective
x/x
Adjective
insufficiency
xx/xx
Noun
impaired
x/
Verb
imbalanced
x/x
Adjective
ineffective
xx/x
Adjective
woefully
/xx
Adverb
incapable
x/xx
Adjective
flawed
/
Adjective
unsatisfactory
xxx/xx
Adjective
inconsistent
xx/x
Adjective
abnormally
x/xx
Adverb
faulty
/x
Adjective
adequate
/xx
Adjective
anemic
x/x
Adjective
grossly
/x
Adverb
dysfunctional
x/xx
Adjective
suboptimal
xxxx
Adjective
unbalanced
x/x
Adjective
inefficient
xx/x
Adjective
weak
/
Adjective
incomplete
xx/
Adjective
unsound
x/
Adjective
incompetent
x/xx
Adjective
subnormal
//x
Adjective
problematic
xx/x
Adjective
excessive
x/x
Adjective
erroneous
x/xx
Adjective
inadequacies
x/xxx
Noun
severely
x/x
Adverb
improper
x/x
Adjective
inept
x/
Adjective
deprived
x/
Verb
underdeveloped
xxx/x
Adjective
defect
/x
Noun
ineffectual
xx/xx
Adjective
shoddy
/x
Adjective
inattentive
xx/x
Adjective
nutritionally
x/xxx
Adverb
unfit
x/
Adjective
sorely
/x
Adverb
stunted
/x
Adjective
failing
/x
Verb
imperfect
x/x
Adjective
proficient
x/x
Adjective
chronically
/xxx
Adverb
poorly
/x
Adverb
congenitally
x/xxx
Adverb
inaccurate
x/xx
Adjective
subpar
x/
Noun
peculiarly
x/xx
Adjective
damaged
/x
Verb
mistaken
x/x
Verb
detrimental
xx/x
Adjective
hypersensitive
xx/xx
Adjective
negligent
/xx
Adjective
superior
x/xx
Adjective
malfunctioning
x/xx
Noun
hopelessly
/xx
Adverb
aberrant
x/x
Adjective
anomalous
x/xx
Adjective
redundant
x/x
Adjective
absent
/x
Adjective
inoperative
x/xxx
Adjective
susceptible
x/xx
Adjective
supplementation
/xx/x
Noun
correct
x/
Adjective
useless
/x
Adjective
nonexistent
xx/x
Adjective
unsafe
x/
Adjective
devoid
x/
Noun
structurally
/xxx
Adverb
unworthy
x/x
Adjective
dangerously
/xxx
Adverb
unreliable
xx/xx
Adjective
intrinsically
x/xxx
Adjective
destitute
/xx
Noun
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
bankrupt
/x
Adjective
inexact
xx/
Adjective
rudimentary
xx/xx
Adjective
meagre
/x
Adjective
truncated
/xx
Adjective
starved
/
Adjective
indigent
/xx
Noun
disadvantaged
xx/x
Adjective
bereft
x/
Noun
unable
x/x
Adjective
meager
/x
Adjective
under
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
uncomprehending
x/x/x
Adjective
empty
/x
Adjective
disable
x/x
Adjective
powerless
/xx
Adjective
insipid
x/x
Adjective
mistrustful
x/x
Adjective
helpless
/x
Adjective
void
/
Noun
underprivileged
/x/x
Noun
vain
/
Adjective
needy
/x
Adjective
mutilate
/xx
Verb
unfulfilled
xx/
Adjective
adjective
/xx
Noun
naked
/x
Adjective
myelination
/xx/x
Noun
vitamin
/xx
Verb
transferrin
/x/
Noun
hippocampal
xx/x
Noun
mutant
/x
Noun
mice
/
Noun
iron
/x
Verb
diet
/x
Noun
coli
/x
Verb
acetabulum
/x/xx
Noun
yin
/
Noun
erythropoiesis
xxx/x
Noun
yang
/
Noun
plasmas
/x
Noun
gating
/x
Noun
chicks
/
Noun
rats
/
Noun
hydroxylation
x/x/x
Noun
electron
x/x
Verb
oxygenation
/xx/x
Noun
nutrient
/xx
Noun
mineralization
xxxx/x
Noun
rickets
/x
Noun
aeration
/xx
Noun
swine
/
Noun
deviant
/xx
Noun
morally
/xx
Adverb
erythrocytes
xxxx
Noun
lactation
x/x
Noun
maxilla
x/x
Noun
ossification
xxx/x
Noun
secretion
x/x
Noun
enzyme
/x
Noun
strains
/
Verb
abhorrent
x/x
Adjective
abominable
x/xxx
Adjective
abound
x/
Verb
backward
/x
Adverb, Adjective, Noun
bad
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
compare
x/
Verb, Noun
compromised
/xx
Adjective
con
/
Noun, Verb
correspond
xx/
Verb
deficit
/xx
Noun
differs
/x
Verb
disability
xx/xx
Noun
disappearing
xx/x
Noun
error
/x
Noun, Verb
feeble
/x
Adjective, Verb
gap
/
Noun, Verb
handicapped
/xx
Adjective, Noun
homozygous
xx/x
Adjective
hypothyroid
xx/x
Adjective
immunized
/xx
Adjective
incorrect
xx/
Adjective, Noun
infirm
x/
Adjective, Verb
inoculated
x/xxx
Verb, Adjective
irregular
x/xx
Noun, Adjective
knockout
/x
Noun, Adjective
lactase
/x
Noun
lacunae
x/x
Noun
mala
/x
Noun
missing
/x
Adjective, Noun
needing
/x
Noun
none
/
Noun, Adverb
parochial
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
partake
x/
Verb
patchy
/x
Adjective
persists
x/
Verb
replete
x/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
retarded
x/x
Adjective
serve
/
Verb, Noun
shortage
/x
Noun
shortcoming
/xx
Noun
shortfall
/x
Noun
suffice
x/
Verb
sufficient
x/x
Adjective
tell
/
Verb, Noun
tolerant
/xx
Adjective
treated
/x
Adjective
underemployment
xxx/x
Noun
uninfected
xx/x
Adjective
untreated
x/x
Adjective
weakness
/x
Noun
wrong
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
shirtless
/x
Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore
xx/
Adverb
sorta
/x
Adverb
die
/
Verb, Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb