noun
- The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
- usage: "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"
- Lack of an adequate quantity or number.
- usage: "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
- synonyms: insufficiency, inadequacy
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