deficiency
Từ điển Collocation
deficiency noun
ADJ. major, serious, severe | slight, small | dietary, nutritional | enzyme, hormone, mineral, nutrient, vitamin | calcium, iron, etc.
VERB + DEFICIENCY have, suffer from suffering from a severe vitamin deficiency | correct, make good, make up, overcome, remedy I've been prescribed iron tablets to make up the deficiency. An engineer could remedy the deficiencies in the design.
PREP. ~ in serious deficiencies in the health service
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; lack, want
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
- lack of an adequate quantity or number; insufficiency, inadequacy
the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
deficiencies
syn.: inadequacy insufficiency lack want