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deficiency

nounid 2271·updated May 12, 2026
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A failing, shortcoming, or lack of an adequate quantity or number.

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

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Information Class

80%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

synonym
inadequacylackwant
alternatephrasing
Deficiency
plural
deficiencies
possessive
deficiency's
pluralpossessive
deficiencies'

Framework definitions

FFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 20121 senseview framework →
§1
A failing, shortcoming, or lack of an adequate quantity or number.
Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
lack of an adequate quantity or number
§2
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

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