Deficient
Deficient adjective - Lacking some necessary part.
Occasional and deficient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Occasional" instead an adjective "Deficient".
Occasional
Occasional adjective - Lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence.
Deficient and occasional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Occasional".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rare and deficient
- rare and occasional
- spare and deficient
- spare and occasional
- thin and deficient
- thin and occasional
- insufficient and deficient
- insufficient and occasional
- broken and deficient
- broken and occasional
- sparse and deficient
- sparse and occasional
- scarce and deficient
- scarce and occasional
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