DEFICIENCY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • lack of an adequate quantity or number
   
   Synonym(s)
   • inadequacy (what does inadequacy mean?)
   • insufficiency (what does insufficiency mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
   
   Hypernyms(s) deficiency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • amount (what does amount mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • sufficiency (what does sufficiency mean?)
   • adequacy (what does adequacy mean?)
   • sufficiency (what does sufficiency mean?)
   • adequacy (what does adequacy mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • meagerness (what does meagerness mean?)
   • meagreness (what does meagreness mean?)
   • poorness (what does poorness mean?)
   • scantiness (what does scantiness mean?)
   • scantness (what does scantness mean?)
   • exiguity (what does exiguity mean?)
   • deficit (what does deficit mean?)
   • shortage (what does shortage mean?)
   • shortfall (what does shortfall mean?)
   • scarcity (what does scarcity mean?)
   • scarceness (what does scarceness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
   
   Synonym(s)
   • lack (what does lack mean?)
   • want (what does want mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
   • water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
   • for want of a nail the shoe was lost
   
   Hypernyms(s) deficiency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • need (what does need mean?)
   • demand (what does demand mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • absence (what does absence mean?)
   • dearth (what does dearth mean?)
   • famine (what does famine mean?)
   • shortage (what does shortage mean?)
   • mineral deficiency (what does mineral deficiency mean?)
   • stringency (what does stringency mean?)
   • tightness (what does tightness mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • want (what does want mean?)
   • want (what does want mean?)
   • need (what does need mean?)
   • require (what does require mean?)
   • miss (what does miss mean?)
   • lack (what does lack mean?)