Deficient and Dumb

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Deficient adjective - Lacking some necessary part.

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Dumb and deficient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Dumb" instead an adjective "Deficient".

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Dumb adjective - Deliberately refraining from speech.

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Deficient and dumb are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Dumb".

Nearby Words: dumbness, dumbly, dumbed, dumbing

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