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

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:4.0 / 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

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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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How to use deficiency in a sentence?

1. Melissa Majumdar:

   A B12 deficiency may take years to develop, so supplementing in advance if you don't eat animal foods like meat, fish, eggs and dairy is key.

2. Umberto Volta:

   The most striking change in clinical presentation of celiac disease over time has been the decrease of diarrhea as the leading symptom and the progressive increase of other non-classical gastrointestinal symptoms (such as constipation, bloating and alternate bowel habits as well as gastro-esophageal reflux, nausea, vomiting and dyspepsia), a high proportion of celiac disease patients did not show any gastrointestinal symptom, but they displayed extra-intestinal manifestations such as iron-deficiency anemia, unexplained osteoporosis, abnormalities of liver-function tests and recurrent miscarriages.

3. Manuel Olivares:

   This and the comeback of diphtheria and measles, is the result of a serious deficiency in the Immunization Plan.

4. Charles Czeisler:

   Once you've paid back your deficiency, you can't really oversleep, you can be in bed for 14 hours but you're only really sleeping for eight hours.

5. Ben Carson:

   We did a deep dive and recognized that there were some areas of deficiency, we're moving into a different phase now and we need something different.