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Six example sentences with deficient, each labelled with its topic.
Blood tests showed she was deficient in iron, which explained the breathlessness she felt climbing one flight of stairs.
Medicine
A diet deficient in protein starves muscle of raw material, so heavy training simply grinds a lifter down.
Fitness
Rainfall was deficient for three seasons, and the region's grain reserves ran out before the next harvest.
Economics
Soil tests showed the orchard was deficient in zinc, so the trees put out small yellow leaves each spring.
Environment
Regulators declared the bank deficient in capital and gave it ninety days to raise fresh equity.
Finance
The inspector found the stairwell deficient in ventilation, with barely half the airflow the fire code requires.
Architecture
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