Deficiency and Sufficiency

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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

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Sufficiency is an antonym for deficiency in topics: lack, imperfection.

Nearby Words: deficient, deficit, deficiently

Sufficiency noun - The quality of being sufficient for the end in view.

Usage example: he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence

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Deficiency is an antonym for sufficiency.

Nearby Words: sufficient, sufficiently

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