Deficient and Exorbitant

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Deficient adjective - Lacking some necessary part.

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Exorbitant is an antonym for deficient.

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Exorbitant adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.

Usage example: the cost of our stay was so exorbitant you would have thought that we had bought the hotel and not just spent a few nights there

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Deficient is an antonym for exorbitant.

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Exorbitant and Deficient. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deficient/exorbitant

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