deficiency
How many syllables in deficiency?
There are 4 syllables in the word deficiency.How to pronounce deficiency:
Synonyms for deficiency:
absence
dearth
deficit
demand
deprivation
drought
drouth
failure
famine
inadequacy
inadequateness
insufficiency
lack
lacuna
mineral deficiency
need
paucity
poverty
privation
scantiness
scarcity
shortage
shortness
stringency
tightness
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Antonyms for deficiency:
ability
abundance
accomplishment
accumulation
achievement
addition
adequacy
adequate amount
advantage
affluence
ample
ampleness
amplitude
ascent
asset
attribute
benefit
betterment
blessing
bountifulness
bounty
bunch
bundle
cache
comfort
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Ambisyllabicity occurs when a consonant at the boundary of two syllables belongs to both, as in the word 'happen'.
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