Adjective complement with noun phrase

• learn: F Attainment of intended learning outcomes appreciably deficient in critical respects, lacking secure basis in relevant factual and analytical dimensions.

Used with adjective complement

• prove: At that time there were others manufacturing artificial stone, but without success because their methods and formula proved deficient.

• remain: Their cooperation remained deficient in other areas, however.

• become: The existing pattern of development has allowed some areas to become deficient in services or only able to access them by the car.

Modifies a noun

• mouse: Finally band 3 deficient mice lack any glycophorin A 516.

• diet: In birds that are on a calcium deficient diet then the natural hormone systems have to work harder over time.

• patient: Long-term therapy in growth hormone deficient patients increases bone mineral density.

• soil: He says that cattle raised on these deficient soils are more readily affected by OPs.

Modifying Another Word

• appreciably: F Attainment of intended learning outcomes appreciably deficient in critical respects, lacking secure basis in relevant factual and analytical dimensions.

• nutritionally: They may also be nutritionally deficient in an essential ingredient.

• woefully: The work NEEDS to be supplemented, and some entries are woefully deficient -- giving only a partial definition.

• mentally: Christ honors women, not call them mentally deficient.

• markedly: It is markedly deficient in potassium and to some extent in phosphate and organic matter.

• seriously: Lambs seriously deficient in copper, selenium or cobalt will fail to thrive.

Preposition: in

• zinc: Half of UK teenage girls are deficient in zinc.

• vitamin: They are deficient in vitamin C, an essential vitamin for protein repair.

• nutrient: Even ' premium dog foods ' can be deficient in some nutrients!

• calcium: Rabbits deficient in calcium may also benefit from sunbathing.

• respect: However, they are deficient in two major respects.

• hormone: Most patients with primary hypoadrenalism are deficient in another adrenal cortex hormone called aldosterone.