Deficiency
Deficiency noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Usage example: there is a deficiency of fresh food in the diet of many of the working poor
Inadequateness and deficiency are semantically related In some cases you can use "Inadequateness" instead a noun "Deficiency".
Inadequateness
Inadequateness noun - A falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number.
Usage example: the inadequateness of our emergency food supplies should have been obvious
Deficiency and inadequateness are semantically related in shortage topic. You can use "Deficiency" instead a noun "Inadequateness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- weakness and deficiency
- weakness and inadequateness
- want and deficiency
- want and inadequateness
- lack and deficiency
- lack and inadequateness
- defect and deficiency
- defect and inadequateness
- inadequacy and deficiency
- inadequacy and inadequateness
- dearth and deficiency
- dearth and inadequateness
- failing and deficiency
- failing and inadequateness
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Inadequateness and Deficiency. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deficiency/inadequateness
Deficiency & Inadequateness. N.p., 2016. Web. 01 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/deficiency/inadequateness>.
Inadequateness or Deficiency. 2016. Accessed August 01, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/deficiency/inadequateness.
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