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Joseph A Posted 8 years ago
Grammar
Deficient
Hello everyone,
Can we use the word "deficient" in the sense of "not good enough" as follows?
Eg. My explanation was deficient.
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Note that "deficient" is formal and not normally used in speech.
I'd use "inadequate" for that sense.
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