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If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other people's weight or appearance. We're hard on each other because we're using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.
Brene Brown

Meaning of "deficiency" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DEFICIENCY

deficiency  [dɪˈfɪʃənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DEFICIENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Deficiency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DEFICIENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of deficiency in the English dictionary

The first definition of deficiency in the dictionary is the state or quality of being deficient. Other definition of deficiency is a lack or insufficiency; shortage. Deficiency is also the absence of a gene or a region of a chromosome normally present.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DEFICIENCY


agency
ˈeɪdʒənsɪ
cecutiency
sɪˈkjuːʃənsɪ
consistency
kənˈsɪstənsɪ
currency
ˈkʌrənsɪ
dissentiency
dɪˈsɛnʃənsɪ
efficiency
ɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
emergency
ɪˈmɜːdʒənsɪ
frequency
ˈfriːkwənsɪ
immunodeficiency
ˌimjʊnəʊdɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
inefficiency
ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
insufficiency
ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənsɪ
physiciancy
fɪˈzɪʃənsɪ
potency
ˈpəʊtənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
proficiency
prəˈfɪʃənsɪ
self-sufficiency
ˌsɛlfsəˈfɪʃənsɪ
sentiency
ˈsenʃənsɪ
sufficiency
səˈfɪʃənsɪ
superefficiency
ˌsuːpərɪˈfɪʃənsɪ
trenchancy
ˈtrɛntʃənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DEFICIENCY

defiantness
defibrillate
defibrillation
defibrillator
defibrinate
defibrination
defibrinise
defibrinize
deficience
deficiencies
deficiency disease
deficiency payment
deficient
deficiently
deficientness
deficit
deficit financing
defied
defier
defies

WORDS THAT END LIKE DEFICIENCY

adrenal insufficiency
current efficiency
energy efficiency
enzyme deficiency
expediency
fuel efficiency
heat efficiency
immune deficiency
leniency
luminous efficiency
mental deficiency
parturiency
protein deficiency
quantum efficiency
resiliency
saliency
tendency
thermal efficiency
transiency
vitamin deficiency
volumetric efficiency

Synonyms and antonyms of deficiency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DEFICIENCY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deficiency» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of deficiency

Translation of «deficiency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DEFICIENCY

Find out the translation of deficiency to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of deficiency from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deficiency» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

缺乏
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

falta
570 millions of speakers

English

deficiency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कमी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نقص
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дефицит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

deficiência
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভাব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

kekurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mangel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不足
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

결핍
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kurang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thiếu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறைபாடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कमतरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eksiklik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niedobór
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дефіцит
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deficiență
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεπάρκεια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tekort
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brist
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mangel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of deficiency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFICIENCY»

The term «deficiency» is very widely used and occupies the 15.853 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DEFICIENCY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about deficiency

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10 QUOTES WITH «DEFICIENCY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deficiency.
1
J. G. Ballard
I take for granted that for the imaginative writer, the exercise of the imagination is part of the basic process of coping with reality, just as actors need to act all the time to make up for some deficiency in their sense of themselves.
2
Saint Basil
Among irrational animals the love of the offspring and of the parents for each other is extraordinary because God, who created them, compensated for the deficiency of reason by the superiority of their senses.
3
E. F. Benson
Taste is one of the five senses, and the man who tells us with priggish pride that he does not care what he eats is merely boasting of his sad deficiency: he might as well be proud of being deaf or blind, or, owing to a perpetual cold in the head, of being devoid of the sense of smell.
4
Brene Brown
If I feel good about my parenting, I have no interest in judging other people's choices. If I feel good about my body, I don't go around making fun of other people's weight or appearance. We're hard on each other because we're using each other as a launching pad out of our own perceived deficiency.
5
Richard Cobden
I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, will not the resources of England be called upon to meet the emergency, and to supply the deficiency?
6
Douglas Fairbanks
In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear is a mental deficiency susceptible of correction, if taken in hand before it gains an ascendency over us. Fear comes with the thought of failure.
7
J. William Fulbright
The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends.
8
Nancy Gibbs
We are bombarded with reasons to stay inside: we're afraid of mosquitoes because of West Nile and grass because of pesticides and sun because of cancer and sunscreen because of vitamin-D deficiency.
9
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
10
Anatoly Karpov
I like to do projects in which you can see statistical results. I am very happy for all these small children, who have been the biggest group of victims of iodine deficiency.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DEFICIENCY»

Discover the use of deficiency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deficiency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Iron Deficiency Anemia:: Recommended Guidelines for the ...
This book summarizes information related to public health measures on the prevention, detection, and management of iron deficiency anemia.
Robert Earl, Catherine E. Woteki, Committee on the Prevention, Detection, and Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia Among U.S. Children and Women of Childbearing Age, 1994
2
Vitamin A Deficiency: Health, Survival, and Vision
This comprehensive volume on a critically important and widespread nutritional deficiency will serve as a unique resource for nutritionists, physicians, public health workers and policy makers, and will be especially relevant to clinicians ...
Alfred Sommer, Keith P. West, 1996
3
Deficiency
FLAWED PERFECTION In the rugged mountains of upstate New York, a predator unlike any other is stalking and seducing his prey.
Andrew Neiderman, 2004
4
Iron Deficiency and Overload: From Basic Biology to Clinical ...
This important new text, featuring distinguished authors, provides a timely review of the latest science on iron metabolism as well as practical, data-driven options to manage at-risk populations with the best accepted therapeutic ...
Shlomo Yehuda, David I. Mostofsky, 2010
5
Testosterone Deficiency in Men
This book provides a background of essential knowledge on testosterone deficiency in men, including diagnosis and treatment.
Hugh Jones, 2008
6
Culture, Environment and Food to Prevent Vitamin A Deficiency
Culture, Environment, and Food to Prevent Vitamin A Deficiency
Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Gretel H. Pelto, 1997
7
Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: New Insights for the ...
Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency: New Insights for the Healthcare Professional: 2011 Edition is a ScholarlyPaper™ that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency in a compact ...
‎2012
8
Androgen Deficiency and Testosterone Replacement: Current ...
The text examines the available evidence concerning the diagnosis and treatment of men with low testosterone. It also examines controversies in the identification and management of these men.
Wayne J.G. Hellstrom, 2012
9
Introduction to Liaison Theory and Deficiency Modules
It is my hope that this book now serves not only as an introduction to a beautiful subject, but also gives the reader a glimpse at very recent developments and an idea of the direction in which liaison theory is going, at least from my ...
Juan C. Migliore, 1998
10
Thiamine Deficiency and Associated Clinical Disorders
This book documents that treatment, showing how the fusion of laboratory and clinical knowledge can translate research into successful treatment.
David W. McCandless, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DEFICIENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deficiency is used in the context of the following news items.
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Creating awareness on Vitamin-D deficiency
The training programme was conducted for 30 doctors on the urgent need to raise awareness of Vitamin D deficiency. “Studies have revealed ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
2
Research and Markets: Global Growth Hormone Deficiency Pipeline …
Growth Hormone Deficiency Pipeline Insights provides the in-depth analysis of the pipeline assets across the Growth Hormone Deficiency. «Business Wire, Jul 15»
3
Correction of Vitamin B-12 Deficiency No Benefit in Seniors
For older adults, vitamin B-12 supplementation is not associated with improvements in neurologic or cognitive function, according to a study ... «Doctors Lounge, Jul 15»
4
Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency high in patients with rheumatic …
A high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency was observed in patients with rheumatic diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, ... «Healio, Jul 15»
5
Vitamin D deficiency linked to worse hepatitis B outcomes
The study showed that patients with chronic hepatitis B infection who also had vitamin D deficiency were more likely to develop liver cancer ... «Food Consumer, Jul 15»
6
'Vitamin D deficiency causes serious health problems'
With an aim to sensitise doctors on the problems arising out of deficiency of Vitamin D, the Indian Medical Association has taken up a campaign ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
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Vitamin K Deficiency Increasingly Common as Result of Vaccine …
... revealing eyeopening information about men and their h… Vitamin K Deficiency Increasingly Common as Result of Vaccine Refusal. 2:46 pm ... «WBTW - Myrtle Beach and Florence SC, Jul 15»
8
VETS' DIARY: Deficiency can see lambs lose bloom
Cobalt deficiency can really hit lamb growth rates as they have a high requirement due to their rapid growth. This leads to missing the high ... «Northumberland Gazette, Jul 15»
9
Good Samaritan Society-Pine River receives deficiency-free survey
It truly takes an entire team to accomplish a deficiency-free survey," she said. "This staff is very focused on quality of care and making this a ... «The Lake Country Echo, Jul 15»
10
Vitamin K Deficiency Result of Vaccine Refusal
Vitamin K Deficiency Result of Vaccine Refusal. (HealthDay News) — Fussy infants with unexplained bruising or bleeding may have late-onset ... «Monthly Prescribing Reference, Jul 15»

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