deficiently

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An appearance of spontaneity is much valued by law school teachers of advocacy, but the price of a spontaneous-seeming style is too often a deficiently crafted factual narrative.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2019

But for its use in that district a large number of men, women, and children, who are deficiently clothed and fed, would be warm and sleek.

From James Gilmour of Mongolia His diaries, letters, and reports by Gilmour, James

It reflects little credit on the English government that the English fleet was so deficiently supplied with ammunition as to be unable to complete the destruction of the invaders.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 by Rudd, John

They were not uniform, the breeches were bad, bellies deficiently covered, and they carried considerable kemp.

From Practical Angora Goat Raising by

If I have supported my prosecution with a dignity befitting its importance, I have spoken as my wishes dictated; if too deficiently, as my abilities admitted.

From Mosaics of Grecian History by Willson, Marcius