be deficient in
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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
This being said, I suspect that the first few generations of synthetic general intelligences will be deficient in ways normal adult humans are not.
From Scientific American • Jul. 21, 2020
Thriva told me what vitamins I may be deficient in; Atlas Biomed promises to help me “optimise” my ability to “synthesise” those vitamins.
From The Guardian • Sep. 22, 2018
Individuals may look well nourished and consume sufficient calories but be deficient in key micronutrients such as vitamin A, iron, and iodine.
From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018
Made some good instruments, but they are said to be deficient in quality in consequence of being built on a wrong principle, the centres having too little wood.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by Pearce, J. H. (Joseph Henry)
