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/dɪˈfɪʃənsi/
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Inadequacy or incompleteness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lack, lacking, lackingness, want
Antonyms: sufficiency, plenty, plentitude, plenitude, excess, surfeit
An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lack, lacking, want, shortage
Antonyms: sufficiency, excess, surfeit
The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
lack of an adequate quantity or number
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: insufficiency, inadequacy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: amount
Narrower terms: meagerness, meagreness, leanness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity, deficit, shortage, shortfall, scarcity, scarceness, slenderness
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lack, want
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: need, demand
Narrower terms: absence, dearth, famine, shortage, deficit, mineral deficiency, shortness, stringency, tightness
From deficient + -cy. Compare Latin dēficientia.
Across languages
Translations 101 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian :
недостатък
(nedostatǎk)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Catalan :
deficiència
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Chinese Mandarin :
不足之處 /不足之处
(bùzúzhīchù)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Czech :
nedostatečnost
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Danish :
mangel
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Danish :
utilstrækkelighed
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Dutch :
tekort
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Finnish :
puute
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Finnish :
puutteellisuus
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Finnish :
vajaus
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Finnish :
vaje
— inadequacy or incompleteness
French :
déficience
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Galician :
pobreza
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Georgian :
დეფიციტი
(depiciṭi)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Georgian :
ნაკლოვანება
(naḳlovaneba)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Georgian :
უკმარისობა
(uḳmarisoba)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Georgian :
დანაკლისი
(danaḳlisi)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Georgian :
დეფექტურობა
(depekṭuroba)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Georgian :
არასრულფასოვნება
(arasrulpasovneba)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Gothic :
𐍅𐌰𐌽
(wan)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Ancient Greek :
ἔλλειψις
(élleipsis)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Hindi :
अभाव
(abhāv)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Hindi :
कमी
(kamī)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Hungarian :
hiányosság
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Indonesian :
kekurangan
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Interlingua :
deficientia
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Irish :
díothacht
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Irish :
easpacht
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Irish :
uireasa
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Italian :
deficienza
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Latin :
dēficientia
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Malay :
kekurangan
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Malayalam :
കുറവ്
(kuṟavŭ)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Malayalam :
പോരായ്മ
(pōrāyma)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Māori :
takarepatanga
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Māori :
kōpaka
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Māori :
tarepatanga
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Norwegian Bokmål :
utilstrekkelighet
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Norwegian Bokmål :
mangel
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Persian :
کاستی
(kâsti)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Polish :
niedobór
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Polish :
deficyt
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Portuguese :
carência
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Portuguese :
deficiência
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Portuguese :
escassez
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Portuguese :
falta
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Romanian :
deficiență
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Romanian :
lipsă
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Romanian :
insuficiență
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Russian :
недоста́ток
(nedostátok)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Russian :
поро́к
(porók)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Russian :
неполноце́нность
(nepolnocénnostʹ)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Russian :
дефе́кт
(defékt)
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Swahili :
athari
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Tagalog :
kakulangan
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Tagalog :
depisyensiya
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Tocharian B :
menki
— inadequacy or incompleteness
Bulgarian :
недостиг
(nedostig)
— insufficiency
Bulgarian :
дефицит
(deficit)
— insufficiency
Catalan :
dèficit
— insufficiency
Chinese Mandarin :
缺少
(quēshǎo)
— insufficiency
Chinese Mandarin :
欠缺
(qiànquē)
— insufficiency
Chinese Mandarin :
不足之處 /不足之处
(bùzúzhīchù)
— insufficiency
Czech :
nedostatek
— insufficiency
Dutch :
tekort
— insufficiency
Finnish :
vajaus
— insufficiency
Finnish :
vaje
— insufficiency
Finnish :
alijäämä
— insufficiency
French :
déficience
— insufficiency
French :
carence
— insufficiency
Georgian :
ნაკლებობა
(naḳleboba)
— insufficiency
Georgian :
უკმარობა
(uḳmaroba)
— insufficiency
Georgian :
უკმარისობა
(uḳmarisoba)
— insufficiency
German :
Mangel
— insufficiency
Greek :
ανεπάρκεια
(anepárkeia)
— insufficiency
Ancient Greek :
ἔνδεια
(éndeia)
— insufficiency
Hindi :
अभाव
(abhāv)
— insufficiency
Hindi :
कमी
(kamī)
— insufficiency
Hungarian :
hiány
— insufficiency
Irish :
easpa
— insufficiency
Irish :
uireasa
— insufficiency
Irish :
easnamh
— insufficiency
Italian :
deficienza
— insufficiency
Kyrgyz :
таңсык
(taŋsık)
— insufficiency
Malayalam :
കുറവ്
(kuṟavŭ)
— insufficiency
Malayalam :
പോരായ്മ
(pōrāyma)
— insufficiency
Malayalam :
അപര്യാപ്തത
(aparyāptata)
— insufficiency
Māori :
kāhoretanga
— insufficiency
Māori :
kōpakatanga
— insufficiency
Polish :
niedobór
— insufficiency
Portuguese :
deficiência
— insufficiency
Romanian :
lipsă (de)
— insufficiency
Romanian :
insuficiență
— insufficiency
Russian :
нехва́тка
(nexvátka)
— insufficiency
Russian :
дефици́т
(deficít)
— insufficiency
Scottish Gaelic :
easbhaidh
— insufficiency
Spanish :
deficiencia
— insufficiency
Spanish :
déficit
— insufficiency
Swahili :
athari
— insufficiency
Swedish :
brist
— insufficiency
Ottoman Turkish :
نقصان
(noksan)
— insufficiency
