Deficiency - English meaning

noun

The state of being away from a place or person.

Usage examples:

The letter had arrived during his absence

noun

The state of not being somewhere, or a period in which you are not somewhere

Usage examples:

[ c ] she has had repeated absences from school this year., [ u ] he drew attention to the absence …

noun

A time when someone is not at work or at the place they are expected to be

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Absence from sth her absence from the meeting was noted., in sb's absence his fellow directors vote…

noun

A scarcity or lack of something.

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There is a dearth of evidence

noun

An amount of something that is too small: a lack

Usage examples:

The region is suffering from a dearth of medical specialists.

noun

A situation when there is not enough of something

Usage examples:

Human resources managers complain that there is a dearth of talented candidates.

noun

The amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.

Usage examples:

The fund will absorb the deficit in the rover pension scheme, which officially stands at £67.6m.

noun

The amount by which money spent is more than money received

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The theater has been operating at a deficit of over $150,000 a year.

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The total amount by which money spent by a business or government is more than the money it receives

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A deficit of £10 million/$1 billion, etc. the two companies between them have reported a deficit of…

noun

The damaging lack of material benefits considered to be basic necessities in a society.

Usage examples:

Low wages mean that 3.75 million people suffer serious deprivation

noun

An absence or too little of something important

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[ c ] there were food shortages and other deprivations during the war.

noun

The state or quality of being very small in size or amount

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The exiguity of the cottage's dimensions made it exceedingly cramped with them all inside., the exi…

noun

The state or quality of being inadequate; lack of the quantity or quality required.

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The inadequacy of available resources

noun

The fact that something is not good enough or is too small in amount

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Economic growth is hindered by the inadequacies of the public transport system., the inadequacy of …

noun

The condition of being insufficient.

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Insufficiency of adequate housing

noun

The fact of not being enough

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Sometimes we blame all our problems on an insufficiency of money., pancreatic insufficiency is asso…

noun

The state of being without or not having enough of something.

Usage examples:

There is no lack of entertainment aboard ship

verb

Be without or deficient in.

Usage examples:

The novel lacks imagination

noun

Lack of quantity or quality; inadequacy.

Usage examples:

Job satisfaction eclipses the meagreness of income

noun

The presence of something in only small or insufficient quantities or amounts.

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A paucity of information

noun

The condition of having very little or not enough of something

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The authorities had to cope with the paucity of information about the effects of the storm.

noun

The quality of being small or insufficient in quantity or amount.

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Problems because of the scantiness of reliable information

noun

The state of being scarce or in short supply; shortage.

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A time of scarcity

noun

A state or situation in which something needed cannot be obtained in sufficient amounts.

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A shortage of hard cash

noun

A lack of something needed

Usage examples:

There is a severe shortage of low-cost housing in the city.

noun

A situation in which there is less of something than people want or need

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A shortage of sth new orleans is suffering from an acute shortage of housing., california faces a s…

noun

A deficit of something required or expected.

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They are facing an expected $10 billion shortfall in revenue

noun

An amount that is less than what was expected or needed

Usage examples:

The county had to close three of its four libraries because of a budget shortfall.

noun

The difference between the amount of something, especially money, that you have and the amount that you need

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A shortfall of sth the state is facing a budget shortfall of $1.75 billion for the fiscal year., a …

noun

The quality of being relatively small in height or length.

Usage examples:

Because of my shortness i had to crane my head to see

noun

The quality of being small in length, distance, or height

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Apart from her shortness she was hardly distinguishable from the others., shortness of time, the sh…

noun

The fact of being small in number or amount, often spread over a large area

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The sparseness of the population made it impracticable to provide separate schools for boys and gir…

noun

An insufficient stock or amount of something.

Usage examples:

Soaring construction levels resulted in a global undersupply of steel

verb

Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.

Usage examples:

I want an apple

noun

A lack or deficiency of something.

Usage examples:

Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable