DEFICIENTLY Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

deficiently

adverb

as in poorly

in an unsatisfactory way the road to the mountain lodge is so deficiently marked that we had a terrible time finding it

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If Michigan plays poorly against the Sooners, the boos that rang out during Whittingham’s first game will get even louder.

— Austin Meek, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
With only two publicly demonstrated ready-to-fire missiles, a vehicle like this would be poorly suited to independently handle a large drone swarm.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026

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Even the odd chance to counter-attack went badly wrong — summed up by the sight of Ouattara almost knocking over team-mate Mikkel Damsgaard with a wayward pass.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
At the time, the Mets were playing particularly badly and making a lot of mistakes on the basepaths, so Ewing’s two failed attempts were somewhat magnified.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 Sep. 2026

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