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Synonyms for deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃ ən side·fi·cien·cy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
deficiency
Synonyms:
dearth, defect, destitution, economy, failure, frugality, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, need, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, wantAntonyms:
dissipation, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, intemperance, lavishness, overplus, prodigality, profusion, redundance, redundancy, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, waste, wastefulness
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
deficiency
Synonyms:
want, imperfection, lack, shortcoming
Princeton's WordNet
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, insufficiencyinsufficiency, inadequacy, deficiencynoun
lack of an adequate quantity or number
"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
Synonyms:
lack, inadequacy, want, inadequateness, insufficiency
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deficiencynoun
Synonyms:
want, lack, defectiveness, insufficiency, scantiness, shortness, meagreness, dearth, scarcity, DEFICITdeficiencynoun
Synonyms:
failing, failure, frailty, infirmity, imperfection, foible, fault, error, weakness, weak side, blind side
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deficiencynoun
Synonyms:
inadequacy, insufficiency, shortage, meagreness
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#183 | need | |
#254 | want | |
#1089 | wish | |
#1779 | economy | |
#2278 | failure | |
#2498 | lack | |
#3459 | disability | |
#3761 | poverty | |
#4114 | gap | |
#8380 | deficit | |
#9974 | wishing | |
#10327 | defect | |
#10765 | deficiency | |
#10957 | weakness | |
#10997 | impairment | |
#11775 | shortage | |
#13612 | deficiencies | |
#16176 | flaw | |
#19109 | deprivation | |
#23993 | shortfall | |
#26773 | compensatory | |
#31954 | insufficiency | |
#38678 | loophole | |
#43809 | inadequacy | |
#47177 | dearth | |
#51146 | countervailing | |
#51563 | irregularity | |
#55058 | lacuna | |
#55818 | shortcoming | |
#56562 | imperfection | |
#95106 | frugality | |
#95248 | destitution | |
#112192 | privation | |
#229574 | neediness |
How to use deficiency in a sentence?
Vitamin B12 deficiency can be caused by a poor diet, so aim to get more lean meat, fish, and dairy into your meals. But sometimes low levels are triggered by an absorption issue. If your diet is high in B12 but you shiver all the time, check in with your doctor for a vitamin B12 test. RELATED : 21 Important Facts About Vitamin B12 Deficiency You're a woman Find yourself in a constant battle with your spouse or male officemates for control of the thermostat ? Turns out that feeling cold really is a gendered condition. In general, women are better at conserving heat than men.
In countries where the food system is less sophisticated and we see crushing poverty, the margin between harvest season and hungry season is palpable, these populations can dip into actual deficiency with Vitamin A, especially in respect to young, growing children who can become what we call ‘night blind.'.
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency.
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.
When there's time to look back upon the situation and we dissect the response, I think the big deficiency is going to be the fact that we were not prepared for testing.
Translations for deficiency
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- недостиг, недостатък, дефицитBulgarian
- deficiènciaCatalan, Valencian
- nedostatekCzech
- mangelDanish
- MangelGerman
- puuttellisuus, puute, vajausFinnish
- carence, déficienceFrench
- easnamh, easpa, easpacht, díothacht, uireasaIrish
- easbhaidhScottish Gaelic
- कमीHindi
- hiányHungarian
- kekuranganIndonesian
- deficienzaItalian
- 欠乏症Japanese
- დეფიციტიGeorgian
- takarepatangaMāori
- tekortDutch
- mangelNorwegian
- deficiență, insuficiențăRomanian
- недостаток, порок, нехватка, дефект, неполноценность, дефицитRussian
- bristSwedish
- sự thiếu hụtVietnamese
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