deficiency
[ dih-fish-uhn-see ]
/ dɪˈfɪʃ ən si /
noun, plural de·fi·cien·cies.
the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
the amount lacked; a deficit.
RELATED WORDS
flaw, failing, failure, weakness, lack, defect, dearth, glitch, insufficiency, shortcoming, scarcity, shortage, frailty, fault, loss, privation, default, demerit, bug, paucity
Nearby words
- defibrillation,
- defibrillator,
- defibrinate,
- defibrination,
- deficience,
- deficiency account,
- deficiency disease,
- deficiency judgment,
- deficiency symptom,
- deficient
Origin of deficiency
SYNONYMS FOR deficiency
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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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deficiency
[ dĭ-fĭsh′ən-sē ]
n.
A lack or shortage of something essential to health; an insufficiency.
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