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Definition of Deficiency
1. Noun. The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. "For want of a nail the shoe was lost"
Exact synonyms: Lack, Want
Specialized synonyms: Absence, Dearth, Famine, Shortage, Deficit, Mineral Deficiency, Shortness, Stringency, Tightness
Generic synonyms: Demand, Need
Derivative terms: Deficient, Lack, Want, Want
Specialized synonyms: Absence, Dearth, Famine, Shortage, Deficit, Mineral Deficiency, Shortness, Stringency, Tightness
Generic synonyms: Demand, Need
Derivative terms: Deficient, Lack, Want, Want
2. Noun. Lack of an adequate quantity or number. "The inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
Exact synonyms: Inadequacy, Insufficiency
Generic synonyms: Amount
Specialized synonyms: Exiguity, Leanness, Meagerness, Meagreness, Poorness, Scantiness, Scantness, Deficit, Shortage, Shortfall, Scarceness, Scarcity, Slenderness
Derivative terms: Deficient, Deficient, Insufficient
Antonyms: Adequacy, Sufficiency
Generic synonyms: Amount
Specialized synonyms: Exiguity, Leanness, Meagerness, Meagreness, Poorness, Scantiness, Scantness, Deficit, Shortage, Shortfall, Scarceness, Scarcity, Slenderness
Derivative terms: Deficient, Deficient, Insufficient
Antonyms: Adequacy, Sufficiency
Definition of Deficiency
1. n. The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
Definition of Deficiency
1. Noun. Inadequacy or incompleteness. ¹
2. Noun. An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deficiency
1. [n DEFICIENCIES]
Medical Definition of Deficiency
1. A lack or defect. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deficiency
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