DEFICIT Synonyms

• the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

• an acute insufficiency

• an acute insufficiency

• an insufficient quantity or number

• lack of an adequate quantity or number

• a lack of competence

• unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate

• a lack of competence

• (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

• lack of an adequate quantity or number

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

• be without

• To be insufficiently prepared

• something that is lost

• gradual decline in amount or activity

• the act of losing someone or something

• the disadvantage that results from losing something

• the experience of losing a loved one

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

• military personnel lost by death or capture

• euphemistic expressions for death

• a small and inadequate amount

• a state of extreme poverty

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

• anything that is necessary but lacking

• a specific feeling of desire

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• have need of

• hunt or look for; want for a particular reason

• wish or demand the presence of

• be without, lack; be deficient in

• An inadequate supply.

• To provide with insufficient supplies; to supply inadequately