deficiency
[dih-fish-uhn-see]
noun, plural de·fi·cien·cies.
the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
the amount lacked; a deficit.
Origin of deficiency
Synonyms for deficiency
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Related Words for deficiency
flaw, failing, failure, weakness, lack, defect, dearth, glitch, insufficiency, shortcoming, scarcity, shortage, frailty, fault, loss, privation, default, demerit, bug, paucityExamples from the Web for deficiency
Contemporary Examples of deficiency
Dominant models of depression tend to treat the condition as a defect or deficiency.
Nowhere has the deficiency been more painfully on display than with regard to the Middle East.
Historical Examples of deficiency
It is the deficiency, and not the excess of this quality, that is to be feared.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)Maria Edgeworth
Wherever her heart was interested, there never seemed a deficiency of mind.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
"We must do our best to supply the deficiency," said Morton, as he entered.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
Besides, it supplies a deficiency which would have occurred had it been left out.
The deficiency is something over two hundred million florins.
Jennie Baxter, JournalistRobert Barr
deficiency
noun plural -cies
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deficiency
[dĭ-fĭsh′ən-sē]
n.
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