Deficient and Half

Deficient

Deficient adjective - Lacking some necessary part.
Usage example: a diet deficient in calcium can lead to weak bones

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

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Half

Half adjective - Lacking some necessary part.
Usage example: half measures that did nothing but prolong the problem

Deficient and half are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Half".

Nearby Word: halve

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Farscape At the end of the day, the half-mad (and therefore half-sane!) John is able to save everyone because he's the most deficient of all the species aboard.It was compelling for viewers of that time because of the adult themes.
  • Video Game / S.T.A.L.K.E.R. They move like zombies, but still have enough brains to use and reload guns - but being as deficient as they are with their brains half-shut down, they're hideously inaccurate.
  • Half-elf racism seems to be slowly fading away Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World, but in it's place is Tethe'alla and the Church of Martel oppressing Sylvarant, which is seen as a nation of technologically deficient barbarians.
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