be deficient
Example Sentences
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And even if they did - we would need to be deficient in magnesium in the first place to see a benefit.
From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025
But most other local governments in California have done little to order older buildings be evaluated and strengthened if found to be deficient.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023
All of them were replacements for other fittings found to be deficient.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2023
In mid-2022, Fed staff deemed the bank's management to be deficient and barred the bank from growing through mergers or acquisitions, Barr said.
From Reuters • Mar. 28, 2023
If, on the contrary, the girl be deficient in beauty, the bosom of the mother is perpetually disturbed by gloomy forebodings, which no worldly advantage can effectually remove, no reasoning can sufficiently suppress.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Bose, Shib Chunder
