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deficits

NOUN

shortage of something needed, required

Synonyms

STRONGEST

loss shortfall

STRONG

arrears defalcation default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming

WEAK

dead horse due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency

WEAK

excess superfluousness

Example Sentences

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There is also pressure on rates from higher government deficits due to the costs of the war, with the administration seeking to boost defense spending by 44% to $1.5 trillion.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

China runs bigger budget deficits relative to economic output than the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Higher deficits make it harder for the Treasury to avoid issuing more debt.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

But it wasn’t easy, with the Golden Knights twice rallying from deficits, only to see the Ducks answer each time.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

Giving himself repeated daily shots of canine insulin in the abdomen, arm, or leg, Woolf almost certainly spent his days boomeranging between insulin gluts and deficits.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand