deficiency
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Sense: Noun: lack
Synonyms:
lack Collocations, shortage Collocations, shortfall Collocations, deficit, insufficiency, need Collocations, want Collocations, dearth, scarcity Collocations, absence Collocations, undersupply, drought Collocations, not enough, inadequate supply
Sense: Noun: state of lack
Synonyms:
poverty Collocations, privation, scantiness, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency, scarceness, scarcity Collocations, lack Collocations
Sense: Noun: shortcoming
Synonyms:
shortcoming, weakness Collocations, weak point, failing Collocations, imperfection, flaw Collocations, fault Collocations, defect Collocations, Achilles heel, fatal flaw, bad point, limitation