deficiencies
Saydi-FISH-uhn-seez/dɪˈfɪʃənsiz/
- 1Plural of deficiency.
The inspection revealed structural deficiencies that needed urgent repair.
Nutritional deficiencies can lead to fatigue and a weakened immune system.
Note
A plural that only some meanings of deficiency can take. The broad idea of inadequacy or incompleteness is a mass noun and stays singular. The plural counts particular shortfalls instead, such as vitamin deficiencies or deficiencies in a design. The spelling follows the usual rule for a consonant before y, so deficiency becomes deficiencies.
deficiencies is a form of deficiency
deficiency, noun: A shortage or insufficiency of something, especially of a nutrient or other element essential to health. Full entry
- Forms
- deficiencydeficiencies plural
- Spelling
- deficiency → deficiencies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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