deficiency
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Synonyms & Antonyms for deficiency
Synonyms
crunch, dearth, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want
Antonyms
abundance, adequacy, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenty, sufficiency, wealth
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But the next crisis will inevitably look different than the last, and the structural deficiencies revealed in the last crisis have not gone away. — Emily Stewart, Vox, "How close are we to another financial crisis? 8 experts weigh in.," 18 Sep. 2018 Since then, the district has provided extensive training on the deficiencies identified in the audit and has hired more staff to support special education students. — Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal, "State takeover of JCPS: What the audit says and the district has done," 7 May 2018 Bates' dated and initialed notes showing the bus’ mechanical deficiencies were fixed the same day as the Dec. 6 inspection was provided to Pottawattamie County Sheriff investigators within an hour of the bus fire, Hupp said. — Jason Clayworth, USA TODAY, "Inspection records altered a week after Iowa school bus caught fire, killing 2," 8 Feb. 2018 Until the age of 2, the only suitable milk beverage for ideal growth and development and to prevent nutritional deficiencies in children (other than breastfeeding) is whole cow's milk or formula. — Lisa Drayer, CNN, "Got alt-milk? How plant-based alternatives compare," 31 May 2018 Yost placed the village of nearly 400 people in fiscal caution and declared it unauditable in April 2016 because of the deficiencies in the financial records, according to the release. — Sheila Vilvens, Cincinnati.com, "State auditor finds unsupported spending, conflict of interest in Clermont County village," 10 May 2018 According to the new Vatican definition, a vulnerable person is anyone who is sick or suffering from a physical or psychiatric deficiency, isn’t able to exercise personal freedom and has a limited capacity to understand or resist the crime. — Nicole Winfield, The Seattle Times, "Pope requires sex abuse claims be reported in Vatican City," 30 Mar. 2019 But more than a year after the consultants finished their report, a plan on how to address the deficiencies of each building doesn’t appear forthcoming. — James Vaznis, BostonGlobe.com, "Next Boston superintendent will face a massive to-do list," 27 June 2018 Meanwhile Democrats overstate the importance of these factors, as well as the deficiencies of their nominee. — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, "Dems start to get serious about 2020," 1 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deficiency.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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