Definitions For Deficiency

noun

  • Lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
  • A lack of something that is needed : the state of not having enough of something necessary
  • A problem in the way something is made or formed

Is Deficiency a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
21
Words with Friends
23

The word Deficiency is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Deficiency in a Sentence

  • The disease may be caused by nutritional deficiencies.
  • The book's major deficiency is its poor plot.
  • A deficiency of vitamin C

Synonyms for Deficiency

Antonyms for Deficiency

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