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- DictionaryDe·fi·cien·cy/dəˈfiSHənsē/
noun
- 1. a lack or shortage: "vitamin A deficiency in children"
a situation in which you do not have enough of something: a vitamin deficiency. deficiency noun [C, U] (FAULT) a mistake or fault in something so that it is not good enough: Parents are complaining of serious deficiencies in the education system. (Definition of deficiency from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
1. the state or quality of being deficient. 2. a lack or insufficiency; shortage. 3. (Accounting & Book-keeping) another word for deficit. 4. (Genetics) biology the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present.
noun. /dɪˈfɪʃnsi/. /dɪˈfɪʃnsi/. (plural deficiencies) [uncountable, countable] the state of not having, or not having enough of, something that is essential synonym shortage. deficiency (in something) Vitamin deficiency in the diet can cause illness. deficiency of something a deficiency of Vitamin B. Extra Examples.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English de‧fi‧cien‧cy /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/ noun (plural deficiencies) [ countable, uncountable] formal 1 a lack of something that is necessary SYN shortage deficiency of a deficiency of safe play areas for children iron/vitamin etc deficiency Some elderly people suffer from iron deficiency in their diet. 2 a w...
4 days ago · noun. 1. the quality or state of being deficient; absence of something essential; incompleteness. 2. Word forms: plural deˈficiencies. a. a shortage. b. the amount of shortage; deficit.
1. shortage, inadequacy, paucity, scarcity. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: deficiency /dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ/ n ( pl -cies) the state or quality of being deficient. a lack or insufficiency; shortage. another word for deficit. the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present.
May 7, 2024 · deficiency ( countable and uncountable, plural deficiencies) ( uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness . The face which emerged was not reassuring. [ …].
