Plural of deficiency
regular plural
The plural of deficiency is deficiencies.
Forms of deficiency
| Singular | deficiency /dɪˈfɪʃənsi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | deficiencies |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Deficiencies in a sentence
- One of academia’s deficiencies is that, though its lecture halls and graduate schools are replete with women, its higher echelons are not.2013 August 31, “Promotion and self-promotion”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8851
- His bodily deficiencies were a heavy burden to him.From the entry bodily
- Herbs that tonify deficiencies strengthen or supplement the body's resistance against disease.2014, Stevenson Xutian, Shusheng Tai, Chun-Su Yuan, Handbook of Traditional Chinese Medicine, →ISBN, page 676. From the entry tonify
- They were found to have vitamin C, calcium and iron deficiencies.2011 April 1, Annie Wei, “Microbloggers bring rural students a free lunch”, in Beijing Today, →OCLC, page 3, column 2. From the entry Xiji
- Guess what the top two deficiencies were: lack of market orientation; poor quality of execution.2007, David Richmond, The Software Entrepreneur’s Template, page 15. From the entry guess what
Meaning of deficiency
- noun Inadequacy or incompleteness.
- noun An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
- noun The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
Questions about the plural of deficiency
- What is the plural of deficiency?
- The plural of deficiency is deficiencies.
- Is deficiency countable?
- Deficiency is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
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