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deficient
Synonyms and Antonyms of deficient
- A diet deficient in calcium can lead to weak bones.
- Woefully deficient eyesight kept him out of military service.
bad, bush, bush-league, crummy (also crumby), dissatisfactory, ill, inferior, lame, lousy, off, paltry, poor, punk, sour, subpar, substandard, unacceptable, unsatisfactory, wanting, wretched, wrong
abysmal, atrocious, awful, brutal, damnable, deplorable, detestable, disastrous, dreadful, execrable, horrendous, horrible, pathetic, stinky, terrible, unspeakable
bum, cheesy, coarse, common, crappy [slang], cut-rate, junky, lesser, low-grade, low-rent, mediocre, miserable, reprehensible, rotten, rubbishy, second-rate, shoddy, sleazy, trashy
inadequate, insufficient, lacking, meager (or meagre), mean, miserly, niggardly, scanty, shabby, short, skimp, skimpy, spare, stingy
miscreant, scurrilous, villainous
counterfeit, fake, phony (also phoney), sham
below par (or under)
A1, bang-up, banner, capital, choice, crackerjack, dandy, divine, excellent, exceptional, fabulous, fine, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, heavenly, high-test, jim-dandy, keen, marvelous (or marvellous), mean, neat, nifty, noble, par excellence, perfect, premium, prime, sensational, slick, splendid, stellar, sterling, superb, superior, superlative, supernal, swell, terrific, tip-top, top, top-notch, unsurpassed, wonderful
better, exceptional, fancy, high-grade, special, sufficient
average, borderline, fair, mediocre, middling, minimal, so-so, unexceptional
acceptable, adequate, all right, decent, fine, OK (or okay), passable, respectable, satisfactory, standard, tolerable
- too deficient in experience to handle the situation by himself
inadequate, insufficient, lacking, low, scarce, short, shy, wanting
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