Deficiency - Definition
deficiency
n 1: the state of needing something that is absent or
unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the
problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert
regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost" [syn:
lack, deficiency, want]
2: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy,
deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency]