deficiency
Meaning of deficiency
noun
- a lack or shortage.
deficiencies in material resources
Information about deficiency
- It is a name.
- The plural form of deficiency is: deficiencies.
- Languages in which deficiency is used:
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Hyphenation of deficiency
de-fi-ciency
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- deficiency is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
deficiency synonyms
Meaning lack:
Meaning insufficiency:
Meaning a state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts:
Meaning a scarcity or lack of something:
Meaning the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small:
Meaning a deficit of something required or expected:
Meaning the state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage:
Meaning the quality of being small or insufficient in quantity or amount:
Meaning the presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts:
Meaning the non-existence or lack of:
Meaning an insufficient stock or amount of something:
Meaning the lack or denial of something considered to be a necessity:
Meaning lack of quantity or quality; inadequacy:
Meaning the quality of being relatively small in height or length:
deficiency antonyms
Meaning an amount of something left over when requirements have been met; an excess of production or supply:
Translation of deficiency
- Portuguese: carência, deficiência
- French: déficit, manque, pénurie, carence
- German: Mangel
- Spanish: carencia, deficiencia
- Italian: mancanza, carenza
Words that rhyme with deficiency
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