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nounlack of an adequate quantity or number
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"water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"nounthe state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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efficiency deficiency proficiency inefficiency insufficiency sufficiency immunodeficiency valvular insufficiency coronary insufficiency pulmonary insufficiency mental deficiency flywheel efficiency self-sufficiency transmission efficiency cardiac insufficiency protein deficiency hull efficiency tricuspid insufficiency ample sufficiency scant sufficiency bare sufficiency