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• “a deficient education“
• “deficient in common sense“
• “lacking in stamina“
• “tested and found wanting“

Synonyms

• deficient inadequate in amount or degree; of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement; falling short of some prescribed norm
• lacking(p)
• wanting(p)

• “the thumb is absent“
• “her appetite was lacking“

Synonyms

• absent go away or leave; not being in a specified place ; nonexistent; lost in thought
• missing not able to be found; nonexistent
• wanting nonexistent; inadequate in amount or degree