Deficient and Wretched

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Deficient adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Usage example: woefully deficient eyesight kept him out of military service

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

Nearby Words: deficiency, deficit, deficiently

Wretched adjective - Extremely unsatisfactory.

Usage example: this report is simply wretched—you'll have to rewrite it

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Deficient and wretched are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficient" instead an adjective "Wretched".

Nearby Words: wretch, wretchedly

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