be deficient
Example Sentences
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But most other local governments in California have done little to order older buildings be evaluated and strengthened if found to be deficient.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
In mid-2022, Fed staff deemed the bank's management to be deficient and barred the bank from growing through mergers or acquisitions, Barr said.
From Reuters ● Mar. 28, 2023
Some people are more likely to be deficient - people who don't get outdoors much or who cover their skin, as well as people with naturally darker skin.
From BBC ● May 14, 2022
And a measure intended to “prevent contamination or mix-ups” was found to be deficient.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 1, 2021
Why, then, should it be difficult for any cultivated specialist, of more than ordinary faculties, to make the reflection that he must be deficient in some direction or other?
From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, October 1879 by Various
