Deficiency
noun
Not having enough of something.
Vitamin C deficiency can cause several health issues.
Often appears as...
- vitamin deficiency
- mineral deficiency
noun
A problem or mistake in something that causes it to be less effective or correct.
The report pointed out several deficiencies in the company's safety measures.
Often appears as...
- structural deficiency
- system deficiency
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Formal
noun
The amount by which something is too small.
The budget has a deficiency of $2000.
Often appears as...
- budget deficiency
- program deficiency
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Academic
noun
A condition or symptom caused by lack of an essential nutrient.
Iron deficiency can lead to anemia.
Often appears as...
- iron deficiency
- potassium deficiency
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Formal
Technical
noun
Not having enough of something.
Vitamin C deficiency can cause several health issues.
Often appears as...
- vitamin deficiency
- mineral deficiency
noun
A problem or mistake in something that causes it to be less effective or correct.
The report pointed out several deficiencies in the company's safety measures.
Often appears as...
- structural deficiency
- system deficiency
Usage tips
Formal
noun
The amount by which something is too small.
The budget has a deficiency of $2000.
Often appears as...
- budget deficiency
- program deficiency
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A condition or symptom caused by lack of an essential nutrient.
Iron deficiency can lead to anemia.
Often appears as...
- iron deficiency
- potassium deficiency
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Common Pairings
Often used with 'vitamin' and 'mineral', to describe health-related lacks.
She's been diagnosed with a mineral deficiency.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantifiable Lack
It implies you can measure what is missing.
A deficiency of three units was noted in stock.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Consequence
Use 'deficiency' when the lack of something leads to negative outcomes.
A deficiency in attendance could lead to course failure.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Pairings
Often used with 'vitamin' and 'mineral', to describe health-related lacks.
She's been diagnosed with a mineral deficiency.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantifiable Lack
It implies you can measure what is missing.
A deficiency of three units was noted in stock.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Consequence
Use 'deficiency' when the lack of something leads to negative outcomes.
A deficiency in attendance could lead to course failure.
Pro Tip 1/3Common Pairings
Often used with 'vitamin' and 'mineral', to describe health-related lacks.
She's been diagnosed with a mineral deficiency.
Pro Tip 2/3Quantifiable Lack
It implies you can measure what is missing.
A deficiency of three units was noted in stock.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Consequence
Use 'deficiency' when the lack of something leads to negative outcomes.
A deficiency in attendance could lead to course failure.
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Should we eat bugs? -...
fiber, and micronutrients like vitamins and minerals. Did you know that most edible insects contain the same amount or even more mineral iron than beef, making them a huge, untapped resource when you consider that iron deficiency is currently the most common nutritional problem in the world? The mealworm is another nutritious example.
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Can you actually boost...
won't help your immune system function any better overall. For some vitamins, if you take in more than you need, your body will just get rid of the excess as waste. Vitamin supplements are only needed if you have a true real deficiency. In fact, some studies tell us that vitamins and supplements, when they're not medically needed,
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New bionics let us run,...
As a young man, I imagined a future world where technology so advanced could rid the world of disability, a world in which neural implants would allow the visually impaired to see. A world in which the paralyzed could walk, via body exoskeletons. Sadly, because of deficiencies in technology, disability is rampant in the world.
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How do vitamins work? -...
getting rid of elements in the body that can damage cells. Finally, from Vitamin K, we score the ability to clot blood, since it helps make the proteins that do this job. Without this vitamin variety, humans face deficiencies that cause a range of problems, like fatigue, nerve damage, heart disorders,
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State Trooper Training PIPE...
troopers violet attention to detail the important man the difference between life and death it's something that could be missed could remain core break a case sir absolutely you will fix your deficiencies change out of your uniforms and get downstairs make myself clear yes
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Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.
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Erika Cheung: Theranos,...
but once that happened, that's exactly what I did. I had decided to write a letter, and a complaint letter, to regulators, illustrating all the deficiencies and the problems that I had seen in the laboratory. And as endearingly as my dad kind of notes this
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How Ethics Can Help You...
Things like generosity and courage and friendliness and mildness, and he wants us to practice them every day so that we not only have them, we have them in the exact right amount. We don't have a deficiency of them, and we don't have an excess of them.
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How we'll become cyborgs...
and has grown obsolete in light of dramatic advancements in actuators, control systems and neural interfacing technologies. A major deficiency is the lack of dynamic muscle interactions for control and proprioception. What is proprioception?
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The opportunity of...
And, most importantly, there's a partnership between those perceived deficiencies and our greatest creative ability.
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Should we eat bugs? -...
fiber, and micronutrients like vitamins and minerals. Did you know that most edible insects contain the same amount or even more mineral iron than beef, making them a huge, untapped resource when you consider that iron deficiency is currently the most common nutritional problem in the world? The mealworm is another nutritious example.
Video examples
Can you actually boost...
won't help your immune system function any better overall. For some vitamins, if you take in more than you need, your body will just get rid of the excess as waste. Vitamin supplements are only needed if you have a true real deficiency. In fact, some studies tell us that vitamins and supplements, when they're not medically needed,
Video examples
New bionics let us run,...
As a young man, I imagined a future world where technology so advanced could rid the world of disability, a world in which neural implants would allow the visually impaired to see. A world in which the paralyzed could walk, via body exoskeletons. Sadly, because of deficiencies in technology, disability is rampant in the world.
Video examples
How do vitamins work? -...
getting rid of elements in the body that can damage cells. Finally, from Vitamin K, we score the ability to clot blood, since it helps make the proteins that do this job. Without this vitamin variety, humans face deficiencies that cause a range of problems, like fatigue, nerve damage, heart disorders,
Video examples
State Trooper Training PIPE...
troopers violet attention to detail the important man the difference between life and death it's something that could be missed could remain core break a case sir absolutely you will fix your deficiencies change out of your uniforms and get downstairs make myself clear yes
Video examples
Gordon Makes Hominy PIPE...
such a buzz around this dish. There is lye in Hickory ash, which is extremely corrosive. I'm excited to be shown what this unique ingredients will do to humble corn kernels. And it also makes some more amino acids available to you, and you have less vitamin deficiencies.
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Erika Cheung: Theranos,...
but once that happened, that's exactly what I did. I had decided to write a letter, and a complaint letter, to regulators, illustrating all the deficiencies and the problems that I had seen in the laboratory. And as endearingly as my dad kind of notes this
Video examples
How Ethics Can Help You...
Things like generosity and courage and friendliness and mildness, and he wants us to practice them every day so that we not only have them, we have them in the exact right amount. We don't have a deficiency of them, and we don't have an excess of them.
Video examples
How we'll become cyborgs...
and has grown obsolete in light of dramatic advancements in actuators, control systems and neural interfacing technologies. A major deficiency is the lack of dynamic muscle interactions for control and proprioception. What is proprioception?
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The opportunity of...
And, most importantly, there's a partnership between those perceived deficiencies and our greatest creative ability.
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Hans Rosling
Swedish Educator
The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments.
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Yossi Vardi
Israeli Businessman
If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan Novelist
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.
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Sandra Day O'Connor
American Judge
Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.
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Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it.
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Emma Bell
American Actress
I feel like we're attracted to paths in life that force us to look at our weaknesses or deficiencies as human beings. Not to get all deep on you, but that's how I feel.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.
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Slash
British Musician
A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.
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Hans Rosling
Swedish Educator
The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments.
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Yossi Vardi
Israeli Businessman
If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
Quote examples
Augusto Roa Bastos
Paraguayan Novelist
In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.
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Sandra Day O'Connor
American Judge
Despite the encouraging and wonderful gains and the changes for women which have occurred in my lifetime, there is still room to advance and to promote correction of the remaining deficiencies and imbalances.
Quote examples
Orison Swett Marden
American Writer
Never allow yourself to dwell upon your weaknesses, deficiencies, or failures. Holding firmly the ideal and struggling vigorously to attain it will help you to realize it.
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Emma Bell
American Actress
I feel like we're attracted to paths in life that force us to look at our weaknesses or deficiencies as human beings. Not to get all deep on you, but that's how I feel.
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Wayne Dyer
American Psychologist
Deficiency motivation doesn't work. It will lead to a life-long pursuit of try to fix me. Learn to appreciate what you have and where and who you are.
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Slash
British Musician
A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
The man who does not know other languages, unless he is a man of genius, necessarily has deficiencies in his ideas.
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Emil Cioran
Romanian Philosopher
Life is possible only by the deficiencies of our imagination and memory.
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