What does Deficiency mean?
Definitions for Deficiency
dɪˈfɪʃ ən side·fi·cien·cy
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Princeton's WordNet
lack, deficiency, wantnoun
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
"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"
insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiencynoun
lack of an adequate quantity or number
"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
Wiktionary
deficiencynoun
Inadequacy or incompleteness.
deficiencynoun
An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
DEFICIENCE, DEFICIENCYnoun
Defect; failing; imperfection.
Etymology: from deficio, Latin.
Joseph Justus Scaliger, finding a defect in the reason of Aristotle , introduceth one of no less deficiency himself. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.
Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee
Is no deficience found. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii. l. 415.We shall find, in our own natures, too great evidence of intellectual deficience, and deplorable confessions of human ignorance. Joseph Glanvill, Sceps. c. 3.
What great deficience is it, if we come short of others? Thomas Sprat, Sermons.
The characters of comedy and tragedy are never to be made perfect, but always to be drawn with some specks of frailty and deficience, such as they have been described to us in history. John Dryden, Dufresnoy, Pref.
What is to be considered in this case, is chiefly, if there be a sufficient fulness or deficiency of blood, for different methods are to be taken. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.
There is no burden laid upon our posterity, nor any deficiency to be hereafter made up by ourselves, which has been our case in so many other subsidies. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
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deficiency
Deficiency refers to a lack or shortage of something. It could mean the absence or insufficiency of a particular quality, characteristic, or element necessary for completeness or normal functioning. In medicine, it could refer to lack of a specific nutrient or substance in the body, leading to potential health problems.
Webster Dictionary
Deficiencynoun
the state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect
Etymology: [See Deficient.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
deficiency
What is wanting of a ship's cargo at the time of delivery.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Deficiency' in Nouns Frequency: #2895
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Deficiency in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Deficiency in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of Deficiency in a Sentence
Being indoors away from sunshine was probably a key factor, infant care practices that were innocuous in a Mediterranean climate may have been enough to tip babies into vitamin D deficiency under cloudy northern skies.
In countries where the food system is less sophisticated and we see crushing poverty, the margin between harvest season and hungry season is palpable, these populations can dip into actual deficiency with Vitamin A, especially in respect to young, growing children who can become what we call ‘night blind.'.
I don’t want to say that if somebody is depressed it’s because of a vitamin deficiency.
A federal judge may well decide that the public didn't have an adequate chance to participate, this legal deficiency could thus convince a judge to send the rule back to the agency to obtain better public feedback.
Vitamin B12 deficiency can be caused by a poor diet, so aim to get more lean meat, fish, and dairy into your meals. But sometimes low levels are triggered by an absorption issue. If your diet is high in B12 but you shiver all the time, check in with your doctor for a vitamin B12 test. RELATED : 21 Important Facts About Vitamin B12 Deficiency You're a woman Find yourself in a constant battle with your spouse or male officemates for control of the thermostat ? Turns out that feeling cold really is a gendered condition. In general, women are better at conserving heat than men.
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- недостиг, недостатък, дефицитBulgarian
- deficiènciaCatalan, Valencian
- nedostatekCzech
- mangelDanish
- MangelGerman
- puuttellisuus, puute, vajausFinnish
- carence, déficienceFrench
- easnamh, easpa, easpacht, díothacht, uireasaIrish
- easbhaidhScottish Gaelic
- कमीHindi
- hiányHungarian
- kekuranganIndonesian
- deficienzaItalian
- 欠乏症Japanese
- დეფიციტიGeorgian
- takarepatangaMāori
- tekortDutch
- mangelNorwegian
- deficiență, insuficiențăRomanian
- недостаток, порок, нехватка, дефект, неполноценность, дефицитRussian
- bristSwedish
- sự thiếu hụtVietnamese
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