deficiency
the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
the amount lacked; a deficit.
Origin of deficiency
1- Also Obsolete, deficience [dih-fish-uhns] /dɪˈfɪʃ əns/ .
Other words for deficiency
Other words from deficiency
- non·de·fi·cien·cy, noun, plural non·de·fi·cien·cies.
- pre·de·fi·cien·cy, noun, plural pre·de·fi·cien·cies.
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How to use deficiency in a sentence
In poetry I can report no deficience; it has sprung up and spread abroad more than any other kind of learning.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII. | VariousThus personal sarcasm was introduced to supply deficience of facts, or weakness of reasoning.
The Life of Daniel De Foe | George ChalmersBut this misplacing hath caused a deficience, or at least a great improficience in the sciences themselves.
The Advancement of Learning | Francis BaconFor arts of pleasure sensual, the chief deficience in them is of laws to repress them.
The Advancement of Learning | Francis BaconBut this misplacing has caused a notable deficience, and been a great misfortune to Philosophy.
The Philosophy of Natural Theology | William Jackson
British Dictionary definitions for deficiency
/ (dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ) /
the state or quality of being deficient
a lack or insufficiency; shortage
another word for deficit
biology the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present
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