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deficient in something
collocation
not having enough of something:
The study found evidence that these kinds of diets were deficient in certain important vitamins.
He seems to be deficient in basic social skills.
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deficient
A diet deficient in vitamin D may cause the disease rickets.饮食中缺乏维生素D可导致佝偻病。
He was found to be deficient in testosterone and so wore a patch on his arm.
In the survey, 42 percent of employers rated high school graduates as deficient in writing skills.
The president gave a speech that was heavy on bluster but deficient in concrete solutions for the problems faced by the country.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Scarce, inadequate and not enough
be at a premiumidiom
be thin on the groundidiom
chronic shortage
dearth
dearth of something
gold dust
lack
lacking
like gold dustidiom
long on something and short on somethingidiom
lousy
meagre
scarcity
scrubby
shortage
shortfall
shortness
shy
skinny
thin
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