Definition of deficiency Deficiency
/dɪfɪˈʃʌnsi/ - [difishunsee] - de•fi•cien•cy
We found 8 definitions of deficiency from 6 different sources.
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What does deficiency mean?
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| deficiency - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "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" | ||
| lack, want | ||
| need, demand anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his wants" | ||
| absence failure to be present | ||
| dearth, famine, shortage an insufficient quantity or number | ||
| deficit the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" | ||
| mineral deficiency lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism | ||
| shortness the property of being shorter than average stature | ||
| deficiency - lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" | ||
| insufficiency, inadequacy | ||
| adequacy, sufficiency the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule" | ||
| amount the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion; "an adequate amount of food for four people" | ||
| exiguity, meagerness, meagreness, scantiness, scantness, leanness, poorness the quality of being meager; "an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes"-George Eliot | ||
| shortfall, shortage, deficit the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required; "new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit" | ||
| scarceness, scarcity a small and inadequate amount | ||
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Wiktionary 
- deficiency (Noun)
Inadequacy or incompleteness. - deficiency (Noun)
An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- deficiency (n.)
The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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deficiency
A shortage or absence of what is needed.
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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deficiency
What is wanting of a ship's cargo at the time of delivery.
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🔤- deficiency, noun, singular of deficiencies.
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