"slight deficit" is a perfectly correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when referring to a small amount of money, time, or resources that is missing or less than what is required or expected. For example: "The company had a slight deficit in their quarterly budget, but still managed to stay in the black."
The church operates at a slight deficit.
But in some cities, the buses are running at capacity and are either paying for themselves or running only a slight deficit.
Still, Ms. Berkley's candidacy has been clouded by ethics accusations and she is at a slight deficit in the polls there.
It translates this to an 18 percent chance of Mr. Santorum's overcoming his slight deficit with Mitt Romney and Ron Paul and winning the caucuses outright.
While the slight deficit in June may have led to a slower start for corn planted in late May, that deficit was erased by the end of July as we continue to accumulate above average heat units.
The Philippines, in the process of reviewing its trade data for anomalies, said that its current account position might have fallen into a slight deficit in 2001 rather than the previously reported surplus.
Perhaps mindful of slight deficits in NASL ranks, he does not mention the more technical aspects that govern stadium requirements, ownership and geographical reach.
The slight deficits resulting from one or two concussions were similar to problems found in patients with the early stages of dementia, although they did not interfere with the daily life of the otherwise healthy men, researchers reported in the journal Brain.
In cognitive testing before discharge, slight deficits, particularly in working memory and mental flexibility, were still present.
Four weeks later the patient had recovered well except slight deficits in fine motor skills of the left hand.
For all lymphohematopoietic cancers (RR = 0.92; 95% CI, 0.50 1.72) and colon cancer (RR = 0.83; 95% CI, 0.39 1.77), there were slight deficits in the highest exposure group for lifetime days.
