Words with a similar base: deficiency

'deficiency'
[lack.n.01] as in: the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable


Examples:
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



'deficiency'
[insufficiency.n.03] as in: lack of an adequate quantity or number


Examples:
the inadequacy of unemployment benefits



					

deficiency (English)
├── -ency (English)
└── deficit (English)
└── déficit (French)
└── deficit (Latin)


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