Deficient
Deficient adjective - Lacking some necessary part.
Starved of and deficient are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Starved of" instead an adjective "Deficient".
Starved of
Deficient and starved of are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective phrase "Starved of".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- short and deficient
- short and starved of
- poor and deficient
- poor and starved of
- inadequate and deficient
- inadequate and starved of
- defective and deficient
- defective and starved of
- impaired and deficient
- impaired and starved of
- wanting and deficient
- wanting and starved of
- lacking and deficient
- lacking and starved of
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Starved of and Deficient. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deficient/starved_of
Deficient & Starved of. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/deficient/starved_of>.
Starved of or Deficient. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/deficient/starved_of.
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