deficiency
noun
[ dɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nsi ]
• a lack or shortage.
• "deficiencies in material resources"
Similar:
insufficiency,
lack,
shortage,
want,
dearth,
inadequacy,
deficit,
shortfall,
scarcity,
scarceness,
scantiness,
paucity,
absence,
undersupply,
sparseness,
deprivation,
meagreness,
shortness,
exiguity,
exiguousness,
