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deficiency
noun
Lack of an adequate quantity or number
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dɪˈfɪʃənsi
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noun
Lack of an adequate quantity or number
“The inadequacy of unemployment benefits”
noun
The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
“There is a serious lack of insight into the problem”
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The inadequacy of unemployment benefits
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
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