deficiency
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
pluraldeficiencies
pluraldeficiencies
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEFICIENCY
1
:a lack of something that is needed:the state of not having enough of something necessary
[count]
- The disease may be caused by nutritionaldeficiencies.
- The book's majordeficiency is its poor plot.
- adeficiency of vitamin C
[noncount]
2
[count]:a problem in the way something is made or formed
- There are severaldeficiencies in his plan.
- The accident was caused bydeficiencies in the engine.
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