0 not having enough of:
1 lacking or not good enough:
We might, in some circumstances, have to regard such practices as manifesting only partial or deficient corrective justice.
We hypothesized that adults aged 16 to 64 with deficient social support and social networks would have higher rates of neurotic symptoms.
Most disappointing is the evaluation of men's ways of talking as somehow deficient.
The deficient institutional environment leads large enterprises to develop their own infrastructure and services, either in-house or in collaboration with selected other enterprises.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor-deficient mice develop aggressiveness and hyperphagia in conjunction with brain serotonergic abnormalities.
The results of this meta-summary indicate that by neglecting spiritual work, the frameworks may be deficient in guiding end-of-life research and clinical care.
The economy was in shambles, with no reliable currency, a deficient transportation network, persistent problems of food supplies and schools closed during prolonged periods.
The induction of these antibodies does not confer immunity in complement-deficient individuals [27].
