Deficient and Lean

Deficient adjective - Not coming up to an expected measure or meeting a particular need.

Lean and deficient are semantically related in scanty topic. In some cases you can use "Lean" instead an adjective "Deficient".

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Lean adjective - Containing little excess.

Deficient and lean are semantically related in property topic. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Lean", if it concerns topics such as scanty, meagre.

Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant