Catch and Deficiency

Catch

Catch noun - A danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized.

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Deficiency and catch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Deficiency" instead a noun "Catch".

Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher

Deficiency noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.

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Catch and deficiency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catch" instead a noun "Deficiency".

Nearby Words: deficient, deficit, deficiently

He considered the absence of any Esperanto myths or legends to be a deficiency, and possibly one reason it didn't catch on as much as it could have.

Source: Useful Notes / Esperanto, the Universal Language
Technically she didn't Catch Them All, but that's a deficiency the couple just had to learn to live with.

Source: Gotta Catch Them All aka: Gotta Catch Em All

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