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PROVISION Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word provision. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For PROVISION

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deficiency
nounn
noun

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

• lack of an adequate quantity or number

deprive
verbv
verb

• take away possessions from someone

• keep from having, keeping, or obtaining

• take away

famine
nounn
noun

• an acute insufficiency

• a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

lack
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

verb

• be without

• To be insufficiently prepared

neglect
verb, nounv, n
noun

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

verb

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

scarcity
nounn
noun

• a small and inadequate amount

shortage
nounn
noun

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

• an acute insufficiency

starvation
nounn
noun

• a state of extreme hunger resulting from lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period

• the act of depriving of food or subjecting to famine

want
verbv
noun

• 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

verb

• 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

withhold
verbv
verb

• hold back; refuse to hand over or share

• retain and refrain from disbursing; of payments

Alternatives for DEFICIENCY

Alternatives for DEPRIVE

Alternatives for FAMINE

Alternatives for LACK

Alternatives for NEGLECT

Alternatives for SCARCITY

Alternatives for SHORTAGE

Alternatives for STARVATION

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