Deficiency and Wrong

Deficiency

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

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

Nearby Words: deficient, deficit, deficiently

Wrong noun - That which is morally unacceptable.

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Deficiency and wrong are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deficiency" instead a noun "Wrong".

particular	particular deficiency	particular wrong
certain	certain deficiency	certain wrong
single	single deficiency	single wrong
actual	actual deficiency	actual wrong
Other adjectives: real, partial, moral, perceived.

As long as they are balanced, things are fine, but when imbalance happens (can be either Yin excess and Yang deficiency or Yang excess and Yin deficiency), things will go wrong.

Source: Analysis / Gungrave
Wrong Genetic Sex: As the result of 5-alpha-reductase deficiency.

Source: Literature / Middlesex

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