Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

What does deficiency mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word deficiency? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
  2. (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
  3. (geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
  4. (geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder
Similar Words
Examples
Surely any deficiency in the Pension Fund was the sole responsibility of the Wiltshire County Council and they should have accepted liability.
The aim of this study was to determine whether goitrous children with iron deficiency anemia would respond to oral iodine supplementation.
The introduction of the ackee and the mango at the end of the eighteenth century did help to reduce this vitamin A deficiency.
This deficiency is the single-most important cause of blindness in about half a million children annually.
That is to say it did not stem from any inherent infirmity or weakness or deficiency.
There is no merit in this claim of deficiency, on the evidence properly admissible before me.

See Also

Nearby Definitions
10-letter Words Starting With
Find Definitions
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2025