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Antonyms for deficiency

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-fish-uhn-see
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈfɪʃ ən si

Definition of deficiency

Origin :
  • 1630s, from deficience (mid-15c.) + -cy; or from Late Latin deficientia, from deficientem (see deficient).
  • noun imperfection, inadequacy
Example sentences :
  • It is the deficiency, and not the excess of this quality, that is to be feared.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Wherever her heart was interested, there never seemed a deficiency of mind.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • "We must do our best to supply the deficiency," said Morton, as he entered.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • Besides, it supplies a deficiency which would have occurred had it been left out.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
  • The deficiency is something over two hundred million florins.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • He has observed this deficiency in him when talking to Aristoteles on a previous occasion.
  • Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato
  • Not so; the deficiency which led to my conviction was not of words—certainly not.
  • Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
  • The Atwoods, however, talked enough to make up the deficiency.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Constance did not hear her, but Patricia readily supplied the deficiency.
  • Extract from : « Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge » by Pemberton Ginther
  • The want of this is the cause of more waste than any other deficiency.
  • Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 » by Various

Synonyms for deficiency

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