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n. (state) | 1. deficiency, lack, want | the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.; "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" |
| ~ absence | the state of being absent.; "he was surprised by the absence of any explanation" |
| ~ need, demand | a condition requiring relief.; "she satisfied his need for affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His work"; "there is a demand for jobs" |
| ~ dearth, famine, shortage | an acute insufficiency. |
| ~ deficit | a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning.; "the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory"; "they have serious linguistic deficits" |
| ~ mineral deficiency | lack of a mineral micronutrient that is essential for normal nutrition or metabolism. |
| ~ shortness | the condition of being short of something.; "there was no shortness of money"; "can cause shortness of breath" |
| ~ stringency, tightness | a state occasioned by scarcity of money and a shortage of credit. |
v. (stative) | 2. lack, miss | be without.; "This soup lacks salt"; "There is something missing in my jewelry box!" |
| ~ want | be without, lack; be deficient in.; "want courtesy"; "want the strength to go on living"; "flood victims wanting food and shelter" |
| ~ exclude | lack or fail to include.; "The cost for the trip excludes food and beverages" |
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