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English noun: deficiency | |||
| 1. | deficiency (state) the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable | ||
| Samples | 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. | ||
| Synonyms | lack, want | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | demand, need | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | absence, dearth, deficit, famine, mineral deficiency, shortage, shortness, stringency, tightness | ||
| 2. | deficiency (attribute) lack of an adequate quantity or number | ||
| Samples | The inadequacy of unemployment benefits. | ||
| Synonyms | inadequacy, insufficiency | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | amount | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deficit, exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortfall, slenderness | ||
| Antonyms | adequacy, sufficiency | ||
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