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Thesaurus: deficiency

The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

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  1. n. The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
  2. n. the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  3. n. lack of an adequate quantity or number
  4. n:100 n the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable n lack of an adequate quantity or number