deficiency
noun, plural de·fi·cien·cies.
Origin of deficiency
Synonyms for deficiency
Related Words for deficiencies
flaw, failing, failure, weakness, lack, defect, dearth, glitch, insufficiency, shortcoming, scarcity, shortage, frailty, fault, loss, privation, default, demerit, bug, paucityExamples from the Web for deficiencies
Contemporary Examples of deficiencies
His deficiencies and self-doubts, amid his epochal mission of liberation, are precisely what make him interesting.
Deficiencies in vital nutrients cause skin to dry, lips to crack, and hair to fall out.
“By sixth grade, children are aware of their deficiencies,” Porter says.
I'd like to find some more efficient means of curing these deficiencies.
Just gaze upon its deficiencies in the current crisis with North Korea.
Historical Examples of deficiencies
I feel and confess my own deficiencies as an individual member.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII)John Greenleaf Whittier
Still, nowadays it is reported that nearly all deficiencies have been made good.
The Three Cities Trilogy, CompleteEmile Zola
Its variety and symmetry.painters, and see if it atones for the deficiencies of the stems.
Modern Painters Volume I (of V)John Ruskin
Deficiencies in individuals, as in States, have their value and import.
The Book of KhalidAmeen Rihani
These two deficiencies, if deficiencies they be, only endear him the more to us.
The Fairy Tales of Charles PerraultCharles Perrault