Deficient and Horrible

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Deficient adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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

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

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Horrible adjective - Extremely unsatisfactory.

Usage example: I'm never going back to that restaurant; the service was horrible

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Deficient and horrible are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Horrible".

Nearby Words: horrid, horror, horrify, horribly

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