deficiently
- adverb
- /dɪˈfɪʃəntli/
:
deficientemente
- The report was written deficiently, leaving out crucial information needed for the decision-making process.
Examples
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This student pointed out a perplexing dilemma: Is the university that accepts "deficiently educated" students from other schools diluting their graduate student pool?
Academic text (1992) -
In opposition to a narrative fictional world, we can see the lyric one as a constellation of little lights, deficiently put through.
Academic text (2006) -
He assembled the furniture deficiently, resulting in a chair that wobbled and was unsafe to use.
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The project was deficiently funded, leading to delays and incomplete work by the deadline.
Synonyms
9
4.7
In a way that is not enough to meet a need or standard
8
4.4
In a way that is not good enough
1
6.8
In a small way that is not enough
1
5.6
In a way that does not meet what is needed
Antonyms
How Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Deficiently comes from deficient, which goes back to the Latin deficere, meaning 'to fail' or 'to lack'. Think of the English word deficit ('shortage'), which has the same root, so to do something deficiently is to do it in a way that 'lacks' what is needed.