deficiencies synonyms

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absence

AWOL
French leave
absenteeism
cut
hooky
no show
nonappearance
nonattendance
truancy
vacancy

bug

bacillus
disease
germ
infection
microbe
virus

dearth

absence
default
defect
deficiency
exiguousness
famine
inadequacy
infrequency
lack
meagerness
miss
need
paucity

defalcation

Chapter 11
default
destituteness
destitution
disaster
exhaustion
failure
indebtedness
indigence
insolvency
lack
liquidation
loss

default

absence
blemish
blunder
dearth
defect
deficiency
delinquency
dereliction
disregard
error
fault
imperfection
inadequacy

defect

birthmark
blot
blotch
break
bug
catch
check
crack
deficiency
deformity
discoloration
drawback
error

deficit

arrears
dead horse
defalcation
default
deficiency
due bill
dues
in hock
in the hole
in the red
inadequacy
insufficience
insufficiency

demerit

bad mark
loss of credit
loss of points
mark against one
punishment

dereliction

desertion
desolation
forsaking
relinquishment

failing

declining
defeated
deficient
faint
feeble
inadequate
insufficient
scant
scanty
scarce
short
shy
unavailing

failure

abortion
bankruptcy
bomb
botch
breakdown
bungle
bust
checkmate
collapse
decay
decline
defeat
deficiency

fault

accountability
answerability
blunder
crime
culpability
defect
delinquency
dereliction
error
evil doing
failing
flaw
foible

flaw

Catch-22
blemish
bug
catch
defect
disfigurement
failing
fault
foible
glitch
gremlin
pitfall
slipup

frailty

Achilles heel
blemish
daintiness
debility
decrepitude
defect
deficiency
delicacy
error
failing
fallibility
fault
feebleness

glitch

bug
defect
flaw
hitch
malfunction
misfire
mishap
problem
setback
snafu
snag
something wrong

inability to hack it

absence
bug
dearth
defalcation
default
defect
deficit
demerit
dereliction
failing
failure
fault
flaw

insufficience

absence
bug
dearth
defalcation
default
defect
deficit
demerit
dereliction
failing
failure
fault
flaw

insufficiency

dearth
deficiency
inability
inadequacy
incompetency
paucity

lack

abridgement
absence
curtailment
dearth
decrease
default
defect
deficit
depletion
deprivation
destitution
distress
exigency

loss

accident
bad luck
bereavement
calamity
casualty
cataclysm
catastrophe
cost
damage
death
debit
debt
defeat

need

charge
commitment
committal
compulsion
demand
desideratum
devoir
duty
essential
exigency
extremity
longing
must

neglect

carelessness
coolness
delinquency
disdain
disregardance
disrespect
heedlessness
inadvertence
inattention
inconsideration
indifference
laxity
laxness

paucity

absence
dearth
deficiency
famine
fewness
insufficience
insufficiency
meagerness
paltriness
poverty
rarity
scantiness
scarceness

privation

destitution
disadvantage
hardship
indigence
lack
necessity
need
neediness
poverty
want

scantiness

curtailment
dearth
defalcation
defect
deficiency
deficit
failure
inadequacy
insufficiency
lack
lapse
leanness
paucity

scarcity

dearth
drought
exiguity
famine
inadequacy
infrequency
insufficiency
lack
paucity
rareness
rarity
scantiness
shortage

shortage

curtailment
dearth
defalcation
deficit
failure
inadequacy
insufficiency
lack
lapse
leanness
paucity
pinch
poverty

shortcoming

bug
catch
defect
deficiency
demerit
drawback
failing
fault
flaw
frailty
imperfection
infirmity
lack

sin

anger
covetousness
crime
damnation
debt
deficiency
demerit
disobedience
envy
error
evil
evil-doing
fault

want

appetite
craving
demand
fancy
hankering
hunger
longing
necessity
need
requirement
thirst
wish
yearning

weakness

Achilles heel
appetite
blemish
chink in armor
debility
decrepitude
deficiency
delicacy
enervation
failing
faintness
fault
feebleness

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