deficient
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Sir John's investigation was ordered by the prime minister in September 2025 after MI5's explanations about what happened were rejected as deficient and unreliable.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
Vomiting occurred only in the deficient group, although the difference was small and was not statistically significant, meaning researchers could not confidently rule out chance as the explanation.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Often, Huntsman said, he found problems in the jails were the result of deficient training and management.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Lars Bochmann, a 50-year-old who has spent his entire professional life at the VW plant in Zwickau, told AFP that the agreement was "utterly deficient".
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
It troubled Leah that people thought our household deficient, not because our mother was parked at death’s door, but because we lacked a bákala mpandi-—a strong man—to oversee us.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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