Synonyms of deficiencies

deficiencies

noun

plural of deficiency

as in shortages

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

there is a deficiency of fresh food in the diet of many of the working poor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortages
• lacks
• inadequacies
• deficits
• insufficiencies
• lacunae
• absences
• droughts
• scarcities
• failures
• famines
• poverties
• omissions
• wants
• undersupplies
• dearths
• paucities
• crunches
• pinches
• necessities
• needs
• privations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• adequacies
• amplitudes
• sufficiencies
• abundances
• wealths
• excesses
• plenties
• plenitudes
• surpluses
• opulences
• oversupplies
• overabundances
• surfeits

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deficiencies

Ridges can form due to common deficiencies (like zinc or iron), or due to natural aging. — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 18 Sep. 2026

That may involve doing lab work to look for things like anemia, nutritional deficiencies, or thyroid dysfunction. — Korin Miller, Allure, 16 Sep. 2026

Decades of research link right brain activity to moral judgment and its inactivity to deficiencies, even to the point of sociopathy. — Michael P.h. Stanley, STAT, 10 Sep. 2026

Thompson can mask about as many defensive deficiencies as anyone not named Victor Wembanyama. — Hunter Patterson, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

State law requires that the screener be able to identify students with reading deficiencies, accurately predict their likely state testing performance, and assess children with disabilities or those learning English as their non-native language. — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 8 Sep. 2026

With Bryce Young as their starting quarterback the past three seasons, the Panthers have been disturbingly consistent in their Week 1 deficiencies, losing 26-10, 47-10 and 24-10. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 Sep. 2026

According to the brand, this treatment was designed to address hereditary factors, hormonal fluctuations, nutritional deficiencies, and stress. — Carly Cardellino Vaccaro, InStyle, 5 Sep. 2026

Coupled with three other fines in the latter half of 2023 for smaller deficiencies, the home has paid $99,902 over the past three years. — Matan Josephy, Idaho Statesman, 31 Aug. 2026