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deficiency [dıˈfıʃənsı] N

▶ deficient ADJ
▶ deficiently ADV

efficient [ıˈfıʃənt] ADJ

▶ efficiency [ıˈfıʃənsı] N
▶ efficiently ADV

inefficient [ˌınıˈfıʃənt] ADJ

proficient [prəˈfıʃənt] ADJ

sufficient [səˈfıʃənt] ADJ

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The variation does have a few risks, for example if the partner of the intervenor has two short suits the fit in the agreed suit may be deficient.
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Experiments in alpha-sarcoglycan deficient dystrophic mice have shown that mesoangioblast transplantation can restore muscle function.
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Numbers where the sum is less than the number itself are called deficient, and where it is greater than the number, abundant.
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On the off chance that you introduce little downlights, the scope will be restricted and the brightness will be deficient.
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Evidence that nodal signaling is responsible for left-right specification comes from genetic analysis of organisms deficient in left-right specification.
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These ghrelin-deficient mice exhibited more social avoidance as well.
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The students had chained and locked the entrance to a college building to protest a curriculum deficient in black studies and a lack of black faculty.
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Examples of compounds that are electron deficient are the boranes.
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It is cloddy porous and deficient in concretionary materials.
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Coverage of the steel reinforcing was also deficient.
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