How to Use deficient in a Sentence

deficient

adjective

• Several bridges in the city are structurally deficient.
• About half of those in the study were deficient in the vitamin.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 20 Feb. 2022
• When the body is deficient in iron, anemia or low red blood cell count can occur.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• The change came after the CTA learned that most dog handler applications for the guards were deficient.
  — Paige Fry, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2022
• Many men are deficient in vitamin D3 and this can lead to a number of health problems.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
• It’s going to be hard to watch Edmonton and Colorado play 8-6 games and not think the Stars are woefully deficient at putting pucks in nets.
  — Dallas News, 3 June 2022
• Members Heather Floyd and Sonia Gasho alleged in the lawsuit that 2,094 of the signatures were deficient.
  — Jake Frederico, The Arizona Republic, 19 Oct. 2022
• The list comprises countries that are deemed deficient but that are working with FATF to improve.
  — Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2022
• Since then, the percentage of deficient bridges has dropped from 27 percent to 15 percent, Alviti said.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Mar. 2023
• The drought, an event arising out of scanty and deficient rainfall, was equally destructive.
  — Vivek Gupta, Quartz, 10 Nov. 2022
• Of the 18 schools the city found to be deficient, officials made a final determination that four were breaking the law.
  — Brian M. Rosenthal, New York Times, 30 June 2023
• But dust can still make its mark—especially by delivering iron to parts of the ocean that are deficient in the metal.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 4 May 2023
• In the past, many Americans were deficient in this trace element.
  — Becca Miller, Women's Health, 1 Aug. 2023
• So even in states with some of the most deficient bridges in the country (like Iowa and Pennsylvania), the funding allocated through the law doesn’t happen all at once.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 20 Jan. 2022
• No area was deficient, and the Tua Tagovailoa to Tyreek Hill connection worked well enough for eight receptions for 94 yards.
  — Kenny Rosarion, Sun Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2022
• To admit to being broken was to admit to being deficient.
  — Molly Ball, Time, 20 July 2023
• Cases can be sealed to protect the tenant from future credit problems if, for instance, the rent is paid or if the paperwork is found to be deficient.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2022
• And, Holder asks, if a doctor trained in Florida goes on to practice in another state, will their skills be deficient?
  — Danielle McLean, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
• This product is a great way to restore magnesium levels, which are often deficient due to poor diet and stress.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
• That’s the right way to think about a recent scorecard on which the U.S. retirement system scored an inexcusably deficient C+.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• The Netherlands is famously deficient in something bulbs need: land.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
• The Bears are deficient in edge rushers right now, and barring a slam-dunk addition or breakthrough seasons by players currently on the roster, that will be the case at the end of the season.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
• By the next summer, its management was rated deficient, and by early 2023, intense scrutiny of the bank had stretched to the Fed’s highest reaches.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• Totoro has worked with athletes who struggled with what felt like cramping muscles and were found to be deficient in magnesium.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2023
• For that reason, the District’s response was legally deficient.
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2022
• Nearly 42 percent of the U.S. population is deficient in vitamin D, since it's only found in sunlight and a small amount of foods.
  — Paul Kita, Men's Health, 29 Aug. 2023
• Of course, vitamin D is also available in supplement form for those who may be deficient.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 Feb. 2024
• The Red Cross declined to comment on specific cases of deficient training.
  — Douglas MacMillan, Washington Post, 16 July 2023
• Work on the housing report started in July and finds several cities deficient.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 May 2023
• The bill requires school districts to offer summer learning in math – 60 to 70 hours total – for fourth and fifth grade students identified as deficient in math.
  — Trisha Powell Crain | [e-mail], al, 29 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 5 May 2024