Word

deficiency, n.
(deficiencies)
freq. cnt. 8

the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
<noun.state> freq. cnt.: 49 freq. cnt.: 42 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

deficiency lack want

sample sentences

"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"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lack

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

deficient

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

want want

semantic pointers

hyponym

absence shortage, dearth, famine deficit mineral deficiency shortness stringency, tightness

hypernym

need, demand

lack of an adequate quantity or number
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

deficiency inadequacy insufficiency

sample sentences

"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

deficient deficient

lexical pointers

antonym

adequacy

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

insufficient

antonym

sufficiency

semantic pointers

hypernym

amount

hyponym

meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity shortage, deficit, shortfall scarcity, scarceness slenderness