Synonyms for deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃ ən side·fi·cien·cy

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1. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

2. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

3. deficiencynoun

   Antonyms:
   excess

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1. deficiency

   Synonyms:
   dearth, defect, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, want

   Antonyms:
   dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness

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1. deficiency

   Synonyms:
   want, imperfection, lack, shortcoming

   Antonyms:
   fullness, abundance

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1. lack, deficiency, wantnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   neediness, need, deprivation, wishing, wish, want, privation, lack, inadequacy, insufficiency

2. insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiencynoun

   lack of an adequate quantity or number

   "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

   Synonyms:
   lack, inadequacy, want, inadequateness, insufficiency

Matched Categories

1. • Amount
   • Need

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1. deficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   want, lack, defectiveness, insufficiency, scantiness, shortness, meagreness, dearth, scarcity, DEFICIT

2. deficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   failing, failure, frailty, infirmity, imperfection, foible, fault, error, weakness, weak side, blind side

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1. deficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, meagreness

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1. List of paraphrases for "deficiency":

   shortcoming, irregularity, gap, impairment, deficit, disability, lack, weakness, inadequacy, shortage, shortfall, flaw, defect, insufficiency, compensatory, lacuna, deficiencies, countervailing, failure, loophole

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1. Charamporn Jotikasthira:

   A significant safety concern does not necessarily indicate a particular safety deficiency in the air navigation service providers, airlines (air operators), aircraft or aerodrome; but, rather, indicates that the State is not providing sufficient safety oversight to ensure the effective implementation of applicable ICAO Standards.

2. Douglas Adams, Ford Prefect in "Life, the Universe, and Everything":

   My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre, and that I am therefor excused from saving Universes.

3. Bruce Willis:

   A brain MRI can tell us if certain parts of the brain are shrinking or showing signs of atrophy. We will do some blood tests to make sure we’re not missing some treatable causes of cognitive impairment like thyroid disease or vitamin B12 deficiency as well, and oftentimes, we also will do brain metabolism imaging.

4. Simon Mays:

   Our study shows that vitamin D deficiency is far from being a new problem -- even 2,000 years ago people, especially babies, were at risk.

5. General Mattis:

   Lack of reflection by senior leaders is the single biggest deficiency we have in the military today.