deficient Definition

inadequate, lacking, insufficient, substandard, poor, inferior, depleted, skimpy, scarce, low, scant, lean, light, short, nonstandard, wanting, shy, too little, deficiency, flawed, ineffective, unsatisfactory, defective, underdeveloped, insufficiency, unsound, faulty, inadequacy, dysfunctional, incomplete, impaired, incorrect, bereft, lack, inefficient, retarded, sufficient, imperfect, devoid, shortcoming, compromised, lacunae, weak, patchy, feeble, erroneous, wrong, improper, bad, handicapped, irregular, missing, lactase, abominable, gap, error, shortfall, disabled, shortage, weakness, backward, infirm, disability, abhorrent, underemployment, deficit, parochial, mala, knockout, loss-making, sub-standard, adequate, incompetent, inept, inconsistent, anemic, unfit, shoddy, immature, incapable, unsuitable, indeficient, subnormal, degraded, nonfunctional, awanting, imbalanced, aberrant, unbalanced, underactive, abysmal, unreliable, slipshod, hypernoea, underproportioned, underfunded, problematic, spotty, lax, maladapted,