deficiency

Perhaps, they suggested, it was induced by unnatural protein deficiency, or by equally unnatural crowding.

His deficiencies and self-doubts, amid his epochal mission of liberation, are precisely what make him interesting.

On top of staff deficiencies, the CDC found the health centers operating without even basic of medical supplies.

Deficiencies in vital nutrients cause skin to dry, lips to crack, and hair to fall out.

I went on to argue that the explanatory deficiencies of ID are overwhelming, extending far beyond bad and sinister design.

Yet there are glaring, often violent deficiencies in the system.

Overlook the deficiencies of others when conversing with them, as they may be the results of ignorance, and impossible to correct.

Be wise enough not to proclaim your deficiencies, and the critics will go away disarmed, even if they are not charmed.

Our deficiencies, our weaknesses (the sense of them), make us use such care and exertions as to prove advantages to us.

Mazzini found that the notes were very incomplete, and feared that Rolandi would not buy, if aware of the deficiencies.

There are certainly odd deficiencies in the house, considering the extraordinary evidences of wealth which are round me.