deficient
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These provide calories but lack the sterols bees need, leaving colonies nutritionally deficient.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
The agreement Barnett reached with LaBeouf “contained a deficient and unlawful NDA that is unenforceable,” under California’s Stand Together Against Non-Disclosure Act, according to the complaint.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
"If it turns out the shipowners were deficient, they will expect the full force of the law," Lopez told reporters.
From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026
After MI5 apologised, we then showed that inquiries into what happened by MI5 and the government were deficient and unreliable, with further falsehoods provided to the court.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026
It seems pointless to maintain that Aristotle and his followers were deficient in common sense, or deficient in experience of how the world goes.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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