be deficient
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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
Some people are more likely to be deficient - people who don't get outdoors much or who cover their skin, as well as people with naturally darker skin.
From BBC • May 14, 2022
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)
