1. deficiency

noun. ['dɪˈfɪʃənsi'] the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.

Words that Rhyme with Deficiency

• self-sufficiency
• proficiency
• inefficiency
• sufficiency
• efficiency

Example sentences of the word deficiency

1. Noun, singular or mass
If you have a low hemoglobin count, you might be suffering from an iron deficiency problem.

Quotes containing the word deficiency

1. My doctor says that I have a malformed public-duty gland and a natural deficiency in moral fibre and that I am therefore excused from saving universes.
- Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything

2. The chief deficiency I see in the skeptical movement is its polarization: Us vs. Them — the sense that we have a monopoly on the truth; that those other people who believe in all these stupid doctrines are morons; that if you're sensible, you'll listen to us; and if not, to hell with you. This is nonconstructive. It does not get our message across. It condemns us to permanent minority status.
- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

2. deficiency

noun. ['dɪˈfɪʃənsi'] lack of an adequate quantity or number.