deficiency :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

n. 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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force, forcefulness, strength

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

indentation

n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

turkey, bomb, dud

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

decay, decline

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

worsening

n. changing something with the result that it becomes worse

ebb, ebbing, wane

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

bankruptcy, failure

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

weakness

n. a penchant for something even though it might not be good for you; "he has a weakness for chocolate"

dearth, paucity

n. an insufficient quantity or number

poverty, poorness, impoverishment

n. the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

imperfection, imperfectness

n. the state or an instance of being imperfect

drought, drouth

n. a shortage of rainfall; "farmers most affected by the drought hope that there may yet be sufficient rain early in the growing season"

flaw

n. an imperfection in a plan or theory or legal document that causes it to fail or that reduces its effectiveness

awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptness, ineptitude, maladroitness, slowness

n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training

incompetence

n. inability of a part or organ to function properly

inefficiency

n. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency

failure

n. loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"

decline, declination

n. a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state

deterioration, impairment

n. a symptom of reduced quality or strength

failing, weakness

n. a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"

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sufficiency

n. sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"

sufficiency

n. sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"

abundance

n. (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

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