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Plural of deficit

regular plural

The plural of deficit is deficits.

Forms of deficit

Singulardeficit /ˈdɛfɪsɪt/
Pluraldeficits
Countablecountable

Deficits in a sentence

  • Despite an increasing reliance on digital communication, the clinical utility of deficits relating to technology remains unexplored.2019, Amit K. Sharma, Sebastian Fridman, Ezequiel Gleichgerrcht, Luciano A. Sposato, “Dystextia and dystypia as modern stroke symptoms: A…. From the entry dystextia
  • At 9 months, the researchers found deficits in motor function in infants with prenatal exposure to naled.2017 June 9, Susan Scutti, “Study links mosquito spray to delayed motor skills in babies”, in CNN, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022. From the entry prenatal
  • One of these patients was excluded due to prior sensory deficits (polyneuropathy, bilateral vestibulopathy).2015 August 7, “Acute Unilateral Vestibular Failure Does Not Cause Spatial Hemineglect”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry vestibulopathy
  • Deficits in these synaptoplastic processes could underlie some of the cognitive deficits exhibited by schizophrenia patients.2015 December 24, “Reactive Transformation and Increased BDNF Signaling by Hippocampal Astrocytes in Response to MK-801”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry synaptoplastic
  • From the bottom-up view, the reader with attention deficits may misattend to the salient features of words.1995, Michael P. French, Ann Polzer Landretti, Attention Deficit and Reading Instruction, page 15. From the entry misattend

Meaning of deficit

  1. noun Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
  2. noun A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.

Full definition of deficit

Questions about the plural of deficit

What is the plural of deficit?
The plural of deficit is deficits.
Is deficit countable?
Deficit is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deficit (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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