deficiency

Definition

  • noun: a lack of something that is needed
  • noun: the quality or state of being 'deficient'
  • synonyms: inadequacy, want, failure

Examples

  • The book's major 'deficiency' is its poor plot.

  • a 'deficiency' of vitamin C

  • vitamin 'deficiency'

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - Yes, it's a fine product. I saw you on The Tonight Show a couple of weeks ago. I was watching the show with my son Donald. He's got this rare immune deficiency in his blood. The damnedest thing. Doctors say he has to live in a plastic bubble. Can you imagine that? A bubble. - A bubble? (..)
    1992 TvShow: Seinfeld Title: The Bubble Boy Season: 4 Episode 7