WordNet: deficiency, lack, want
the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; "there is a serious lack of insight into the problem"; "water is the critical deficiency in desert regions"; "for want of a nail the shoe was lost"
- hypernym demand, need
- hyponym absence
- hyponym dearth, famine, shortage
- hyponym deficit
- hyponym mineral deficiency
- hyponym shortness
- hyponym stringency, tightness
deficiency
lack
- (suomi) puute (synonyymi)
want
- (englanti) want (derivationally related)