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View synonyms for deficiency

deficiency

[ dih-fish-uhn-see ]

noun

plural deficiencies.
  1. the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.

    Synonyms: scarcity, paucity, inadequacy, shortage

  2. the amount lacked; a deficit.


deficiency

/ dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being deficient
  2. a lack or insufficiency; shortage
  3. another word for deficit
  4. biology the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • nonde·ficien·cy noun plural nondeficiencies
  • prede·ficien·cy noun plural predeficiencies
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Word History and Origins

Origin of deficiency1

First recorded in 1625–35; from Late Latin dēficientia, Latin dēficient- (stem of dēficiēns ); deficient, -ency
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Example Sentences

Nato's bombing campaign over Libya in 2011 also highlighted deficiencies - with European nations supposedly taking the lead, but still dependent on US support.

From BBC

If immigration officials identify an employee as potentially lacking proper work authorization, or having deficiencies in their documentation, businesses will be notified and must provide the employee a copy of the findings within 72 hours.

But the deficiencies on the interior line were never more apparent than in the wild-card loss to Houston, when Herbert got sacked four times and hit nine more times.

The combination of Davis, Jarred Vanderbilt, Dorian Finney-Smith and Max Christie masked the defensive deficiency of Reaves, James and others.

The trust, it concluded, "must take responsibility for an outcome which would not have occurred were it not for a series of deficiencies in care, knowledge and process, all lining up together".

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