1. Noun
The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.
2. Noun
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"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science
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