Bad and Deficient

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Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Usage example: a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess

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Deficient is a synonym for bad in inferior topic. In some cases you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Bad", when it comes to topics like defective, faulty, unsatisfactory, substandard.

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Deficient adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Usage example: woefully deficient eyesight kept him out of military service

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Bad is a synonym for deficient in imperfect topic. You can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Deficient", if it concerns topics such as defective, faulty, unsatisfactory.

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

The only fully unsympathetic bad guys in Part 1 are the Prophets R'Noh Custo and Excellent Redolence, who are motivated by racism for the borderline-genetically deficient.

Source: Literature / Halo: Broken Circle

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