Deficient and Vain

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Deficient adjective - Lacking some necessary part.

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

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Vain adjective - Having no usefulness.

Usage example: having tired of the vain pleasures of life in the fast lane, he returned to the small town he had grown up in

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Deficient and vain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Vain".

Nearby Words: vainly, vainness

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