deficiency
[ dih-fish-uhn-see ]
/ dɪˈfɪʃ ən si /
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noun, plural de·fi·cien·cies.
the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
the amount lacked; a deficit.
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Also Obsolete, deficience [dih-fish-uhns] /dɪˈfɪʃ əns/ .
Origin of 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.Dictionary.com Unabridged
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British Dictionary definitions for deficiency
deficiency
/ (dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ) /
noun plural -cies
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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