Tests showed the soil was deficient in nitrogen. Deficient means
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Correct answer to question 66 (Word Knowledge): lacking
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To be deficient in something is to have too little of it, so lacking is the match. Rich would state the opposite condition of the soil.
Updated: November 2026
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