of sth(
1 [U,C] the state of not having, or not having enough of, sth that is essential:
Vitamin deficiency in the diet can cause illness. * a deficiency of Vitamin B
2 [C] a fault or a weakness in sth/sb that makes it or them less successful:
deficiencies in the computer system
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for deficiency is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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Yes — deficiency appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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