deficiency
the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
the amount lacked; a deficit.
Origin of deficiency
1- Also Obsolete, deficience [dih-fish-uhns] /dɪˈfɪʃ əns/ .
Other words for deficiency
Other words from deficiency
- non·de·fi·cien·cy, noun, plural non·de·fi·cien·cies.
- pre·de·fi·cien·cy, noun, plural pre·de·fi·cien·cies.
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How to use deficiency in a sentence
Its cause lies in the deficiences of the temporal power; its end in the mission of the spiritual.
The History of Freedom | John Emerich Edward Dalberg-ActonBut upon these three kinds of writings I do not insist, because I have no deficiences to propound concerning them.
The Advancement of Learning | Francis BaconYou know my deficiences; but you also know my burning desire to be at work.
The Story of a Life | J. Breckenridge EllisYou can make up for deficiences in the course, when once you have formed your ideal of completeness.
Practical Essays | Alexander BainThe other, because the bringing in of the deficiences did by consequence alter the partitions of the rest.
The Advancement of Learning | Francis Bacon
British Dictionary definitions for deficiency
/ (dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ) /
the state or quality of being deficient
a lack or insufficiency; shortage
another word for deficit
biology the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present
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