deficient
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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
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
First-year students, according to thousands of professors, are arriving severely deficient in math and weak in writing skills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The addition of heavy landscape planters and thick paving stone on the pool deck in the 1990s further stressed the building, adding tons of uncalculated deadweight to the deficient slab.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
“You know he is as ungainly within as without. A deficient, ill-tempered, lowering, stupid fellow.”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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