Deficiency

//dɪˈfɪʃənsi//

Synonyms for "deficiency" (131 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Noun(3 words)
lackwantlacking

Strong matches (39)

Noun(2 words)
dejectioninadequacy

Related words (65)

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3 entries

Antonyms

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Synonyms

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related to

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Translations

101 translations across 38 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἔλλειψις noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • ἔνδεια noun (insufficiency)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • дефицит noun (insufficiency)
  • недостатък noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • недостиг noun (insufficiency)

Catalan

2 entries
  • deficiència noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • dèficit noun (insufficiency)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 不足之處 /不足之处 noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • 不足之處 /不足之处 noun (insufficiency)
  • 欠缺 noun (insufficiency)
  • 缺少 noun (insufficiency)

Czech

2 entries
  • nedostatek noun (insufficiency)
  • nedostatečnost noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Danish

2 entries
  • mangel noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • utilstrækkelighed noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Dutch

2 entries
  • tekort noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • tekort noun (insufficiency)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alijäämä noun (insufficiency)
  • puute noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • puutteellisuus noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • vajaus noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

French

3 entries
  • carence noun (insufficiency)
  • déficience noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • déficience noun (insufficiency)

Galician

1 entries
  • pobreza noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Georgian

4 entries
  • არასრულფასოვნება noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • დანაკლისი noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • დეფექტურობა noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • დეფიციტი noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

German

1 entries
  • Mangel noun (insufficiency)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐍅𐌰𐌽 noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Greek

1 entries
  • ανεπάρκεια noun (insufficiency)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अभाव noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • अभाव noun (insufficiency)
  • कमी noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • कमी noun (insufficiency)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hiány noun (insufficiency)
  • hiányosság noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • kekurangan noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • deficientia noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Irish

4 entries
  • díothacht noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • easnamh noun (insufficiency)
  • easpa noun (insufficiency)
  • easpacht noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Italian

2 entries
  • deficienza noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • deficienza noun (insufficiency)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • таңсык noun (insufficiency)

Latin

1 entries
  • dēficientia noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Malay

1 entries
  • kekurangan noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Malayalam

4 entries
  • അപര്യാപ്തത noun (insufficiency)
  • കുറവ് noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • കുറവ് noun (insufficiency)
  • പോരായ്മ noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Māori

4 entries
  • kāhoretanga noun (insufficiency)
  • kōpaka noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • kōpakatanga noun (insufficiency)
  • takarepatanga noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • mangel noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • utilstrekkelighet noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • نقصان noun (insufficiency)

Persian

1 entries
  • کاستی noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Polish

3 entries
  • deficyt noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • niedobór noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • niedobór noun (insufficiency)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • carência noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • deficiência noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • deficiência noun (insufficiency)
  • escassez noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Romanian

4 entries
  • deficiență noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • insuficiență noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • insuficiență noun (insufficiency)
  • lipsă noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Russian

4 entries
  • дефе́кт noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • дефици́т noun (insufficiency)
  • недоста́ток noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • неполноце́нность noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • easbhaidh noun (insufficiency)

Spanish

2 entries
  • deficiencia noun (insufficiency)
  • déficit noun (insufficiency)

Swahili

2 entries
  • athari noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • athari noun (insufficiency)

Swedish

1 entries
  • brist noun (insufficiency)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • depisyensiya noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)
  • kakulangan noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • menki noun (inadequacy or incompleteness)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

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Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.

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AIDS means "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome".

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Scurvy, a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, long ago plagued sailors who ate no citrus fruits.

Source: tatoeba (4478378)

The central nervous system, which includes the brain and the eyes, is particularly sensitive to oxygen deficiency.

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