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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But as endless deficits spook the bond market, we need to curtail the reign of hot checks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

The primary culprit, this time around, was a punishing bond selloff powered by rising oil prices, ballooning deficits and resilient economic growth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The French budget deficit is projected to reach 5.4% of GDP this year – one of the largest deficits in the European Union and well ahead of the region’s 3% rules.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

At the same time, glucosamine-treated mice developed worse deficits in "social memory" -- or memory of recognition -- compared with the other animals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 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