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

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. deficiencynoun

    Antonyms:
    excess

  2. deficiencynoun

    Antonyms:
    excess

  3. deficiencynoun

    Antonyms:
    excess

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms5.0 / 1 vote

  1. deficiency

    Synonyms:
    want, imperfection, lack, shortcoming

    Antonyms:
    fullness, abundance

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes4.0 / 1 vote

  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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. deficiencynoun

    Synonyms:
    inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, meagreness

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How to use deficiency in a sentence?

  1. Carole Baggerly:

    Nearly 40 percent to 75 percent of the world's population is vitamin D deficient, the deficiency and disease that follow do not need to exist. GrassrootsHealth was founded to eradicate the vitamin D deficiency epidemic.

  2. Susana Banerjee:

    We know now we can use PARP inhibitors in the first-line setting beyond women with BRCA mutations, i think the key question really is, what about patients that don't have HR deficiency?

  3. Robert Heaney:

    Deficiency in vitamin D inhibits these processes, causing the cellular systems to break down, and leading to chronic disease.

  4. 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.

  5. Robin Foroutan:

    What’s interesting is a B12 insufficiency or deficiency can look like a psychiatric disorder.


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