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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inability to pay debts |
| Synonyms: | Chapter 11, defalcation, default, destituteness, destitution, disaster, exhaustion, failure, indebtedness, indigence, insolvency, lack, liquidation, loss, nonpayment, overdraft, pauperism, privation, repudiation, ruin, ruination |
| Antonyms: | richness, solvency, wealth |
| Main Entry: | deficit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage of something needed, required |
| Synonyms: | arrears, dead horse, defalcation, default, deficiency, due bill, dues, in hock, in the hole, in the red, inadequacy, insufficience, insufficiency, lack, loss, paucity, red ink, scantiness, shortcoming, shortfall, underage |
| Antonyms: | enough, excess, plenty, superfluousness |
| Main Entry: | embezzlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stealing money, often from employer |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, appropriation, defalcation, filching, fraud, larceny, misapplication, misappropriation, misuse, peculation, pilferage, pilfering, purloining, skimming, theft, thieving |
| Antonyms: | compensation, pay, reimbursement, return |
| Main Entry: | inadequacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage, defect, inability |
| Synonyms: | blemish, dearth, defalcation, defectiveness, deficiency, deficit, drawback, failing, faultiness, flaw, imperfection, inadequateness, inaptness, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, incompleteness, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptitude, insufficiency, lack, meagerness, paucity, poverty, scantiness, shortcoming, skimpiness, underage, unfitness, unsuitableness, weakness |
| Antonyms: | ability, adequacy, enough, plenty, sufficiency |
| Main Entry: | shortage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deficiency |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarcity, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness |
| Antonyms: | abundance, ample, enough, sufficiency |
| Main Entry: | scantiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scantness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | scarceness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, underage, want, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | underage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shortage |
| Synonyms: | curtailment, dearth, defalcation, defect, deficiency, deficit, failure, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, leanness, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortcoming, shortfall, tightness, want, weakness* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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