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deficiency

/ deficiency /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
"there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"
"water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"
"for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
Type of:
need demand
Kinds of:
absence dearth famine shortage mineral deficiency
Derived:
want need require miss lack
noun Sense 2
lack of an adequate quantity or number
"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
Opposites:
sufficiency adequacy
Type of:
amount
Kinds of:
meagerness meagreness poorness scantiness scantness
Semantic Complexity
40%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
20
Times Searched
2
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need demand absence dearth famine shortage mineral deficiency amount meagerness meagreness poorness scantiness