Synonyms for "deficients" (133 found)

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Closest matches (27)

inadequateinsufficientabsentadulteratedamateurishamissarrestedbadbaseblemishedbotchedbunglingcallowclumsydamageddefectivedestitutedevoidembryonicerroneous

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exceptionalfailingfalliblefaulty

Adjective(3 words)

leanthreadbaredismal

Strong matches (40)

feeble-mindedflawedfound wantinghalf assedhalf-assedhaphazardhit-and-misshit-or-misshopelesshypoplasticimmatureimpairedimperfectimpreciseimpurein arrearin arrearsin defaultin short supplyin want of

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inaccurateincompetentincompleteinexactinfantinferiorinfrequentinjuredlackingleanlittlemakeshiftmaladroitmarredmeagermeagre

Adjective(1 words)

few and far between

Adjective(3 words)

inferiorinsufficientlacking

Related words (66)

meanmediocremessyminusmissingmixedneedingnot comparablenot enoughnot in itnot perfectoffout of itout of the runningpartpartialpatchypettypoorpromiscuous

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rareropyscantscantyscarcescrappyscrimpyshabbyshortshort ofshysketchyskimpyslenderslipshodslipshoddysloppyslovenlysluttishsmallsubstandardthinthin on groundtoo littletrivialuncommonunderdevelopedundevelopedunequal tounevenunfinishedunperfectedunqualifiedunreachedunsatisfactoryunsatisfyingunskillfulunsoundunsufficingunthoroughuntidywanting

Adjective(2 words)

scantlingthin on the ground

Adjective(2 words)

substandardwanting

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