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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Mice receiving glucosamine also showed worsening deficits in social memory, which is the ability to recognize and remember other individuals.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

"His understanding of what went on must have been far more limited than a 14 year old operating at a level without his deficits."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

After the EIC defeated Mughal forces in 1757, it ruled large parts of India, producing opium there to rebalance trade deficits with China, albeit illegally.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

More and more EU countries are being thrown in the public spending sin bin over their mushrooming deficits, with Bulgaria expected to be added Wednesday.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 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