deficient
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The Texas Department of State Health Services found Camp Mystic’s emergency plans deficient; the camp plans to use a neighboring site.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
These provide calories but lack the sterols bees need, leaving colonies nutritionally deficient.
From Science Daily • Mar. 27, 2026
Deere leverages AI to help farmers cut costs—by reducing labor required to operate equipment, minimizing wasted crop chemicals, and applying fertilizer more precisely where soil nutrients are deficient.
From Barron's • Feb. 2, 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 hadn’t occurred to me how thoughtlessly deficient nature is in this regard.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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