Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word A lack or shortage of something that is necessary.
Deficiency
/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Because I am well aware of my deficiencies.
He took it as an exposure of another of his deficiencies.
Her diet lacked essential vitamins, causing a deficiency.
Etymology:
From Latin deficientia, meaning failure, deficiency, derived from deficere — to fail, be lacking, originally from the combination de- (away) + facere (to do, make).
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