Deficient and Tentative

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Deficient adjective - Lacking some necessary part.

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

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Tentative adjective - Determined by something else.

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Deficient and tentative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Tentative".

Nearby Word: tentatively

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