/di fish"euhn see/ , n. , pl. deficiencies .
1. the state of being deficient; lack; incompleteness; insufficiency.
2. the amount lacked; a deficit.
[ 1625-35; deficientia, L deficient- (s. of deficiens ). See DEFICIENT, -ENCY ]
Syn. 1. shortage, inadequacy, paucity, scarcity.