Deficiency word meaning and definition

Beside meaning and definition for word "deficiency", on this page you can find other interesting information too, like synonyms or related words. On bottom of the page we have fun area, like tarot cards, numerology for these Ten characters, how to write "deficiency" with bar codes or hand signs and more.. Table of Contents:

• Meaning and definition
• Synonyms for deficiency
• Antonyms
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Meaning and definition for "deficiency" word

[noun] lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
[noun] 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"

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\De*fi"cien*cy\, n.; pl. {Deficiencies}. [See {Deficient}.] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. ``A deficiency of blood.'' --Arbuthnot. [Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. --Buckle. {Deficiency of a curve} (Geom.), the amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.

Synonyms for deficiency

inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, want

Antonyms: adequacy, sufficiency

Related terms: dearth, defalcation, default, defectibility, demerit, erroneousness, failing, fault, hiatus, immaturity, impairment, imperfection, impoverishment, inadequateness, inexactitude, kink, mediocrity, neglect, rift, short weight, triviality, ullage

The fun area, different aproach to word »deficiency«

Let's analyse "deficiency" as pure text. This string has Ten letters in Four syllables and Four vowels (In our algorithm Y is not counted as vowel, but in English language, sometimes it sounds like one). 40% of vowels is 1.4% more then average English word. Written in backwards: YCNEICIFED. Average typing speed for these characters is 2770 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -.. . ..-. .. -.-. .. . -. -.-. -.--

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: deficiency: 5 + 9 + 9 + 5 = 28, reduced: 1 (or 8 if Y is vowel too). and the final result is One.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: deficiency: 4 + 5 + 6 + 9 + 3 + 9 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 7 = 56, reduced: 11, and the final result is Eleven.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
C (2)	3	Empress	Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
D (1)	4	Emperor	Determined, Persistant, Idealist
E (2)	5	Hierophant	Wise, Crafty, Daring, Inventive
F (1)	6	Lovers	Practical, Faithful, Organizer
I (2)	9	Hermit	Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
N (1)	14	Temperance	Healer, Wise, Survivor, Crafty
Y (1)	25	Knight of Wands	Brave, Daring, Bold, Charismatic, Brash

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