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deficiency
[ dih-fish-uhn-see ]
noun
- the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
Synonyms: scarcity, paucity, inadequacy, shortage
- the amount lacked; a deficit.
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Other Words From
- nonde·ficien·cy noun plural nondeficiencies
- prede·ficien·cy noun plural predeficiencies
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Word History and Origins
Origin of deficiency1
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Example Sentences
At 11, back in his home town of Rosario, Argentina, Messi was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency.
Dominant models of depression tend to treat the condition as a defect or deficiency.
He had no sign of a spreading infection, a tumor, or auto-immune deficiency.
The underlying statute that keeps government from fully operating during a shutdown is an 1870 law, the Anti-Deficiency Act.
GRID, gay-related immune deficiency, became AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
In fact, some memories are much oftener weak from deficiency in reviving power than from feebleness of first impressions.
Deficiency of rennin has the same significance as deficiency of pepsin, and is more easily recognized.
Lastly the pawner is liable for any deficiency after the sale of the thing pawned, unless released by statute.
If the losses exceed the premiums thus paid in advance, then an assessment is made on each member to cover the deficiency.
A second is the deficiency in educational influences, which have had so much to do with human progress.
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