The phrase "a double deficit" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing economic issues, particularly when referring to a situation where there are two simultaneous deficits, such as a budget deficit and a trade deficit.
Example: "The country is facing a double deficit, which is causing concern among economists and policymakers."
Alternatives: "twofold deficit" or "dual deficit".
Kruger and Dunning's interpretation is that accurately assessing skill level relies on some of the same core abilities as actually performing that skill, so the least competent suffer a double deficit.
The third subtype had a double deficit [described before by Wolf and Bowers (1999)], whereas it had preserved magnocellular-dorsal and attentional shifting skills.
This higher percentage of children with a double deficit in the gifted/dyslexic group directly translates to the higher percentage of children with a RAN deficit in this group mentioned above.
The result is a double deficit, with both the total quantity of health research being inadequate and the content of what little research is being undertaken, being of limited relevance to national needs.
Although the groups are comparable in their percentages of children with no (GD = 15.4 %, B = 14.3 %) or three deficits (GD = 7.7%%, B = 7.1 %), the borderline group contains more children with a single deficit (GD = 46.2 %, B = 57.1 %) and the gifted/dyslexic group more children with a double deficit (i.e., mostly a combination between PA and RAN; GD = 30.8 %, B = 21.4 %).
That ad campaign propelled Ford from a double digit deficit, created by Nixon's forced resignation and Ford's deeply unpopular pardoning of the former president, to nearly winning in a campaign deemed hopeless at its onset.
A third group may have difficulty with both, which is called the "double deficit hypothesis".
But much of the second half was played with a double-digit deficit — far different than a year ago, when Utah State, an 11th seed, lost by a point to Marquette in the first round.
Earlier polls showed Matthews with a double-digit deficit.
They turned a double-digit deficit into a 7-point lead late in the game.
I've read that Harry Truman in 1948 was pretty special, overhauling a double-digit deficit.
