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Discover Ludwig"the deficiency" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it in any context in which there is a deficiency of something; for example, "The deficiency of medical resources caused a delay in the patient's treatment."
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the deficiency
noun
Inadequacy or incompleteness.
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This is a short-term solution that works by reversing the deficiency in the soil.
In each case, the deficiency was addressed and no further action was taken.
Ms. Ortiz-Tabone has turned to technical magazines to make up for the deficiency.
The deficiency is a curiosity for visitors but a quality-of-life issue for regulars.
When the copper test finally came back, it confirmed the deficiency.
But perhaps most frightening was the deficiency of the police response.
But those without Houston's pipes have often found creative ways around the deficiency.
The deficiency was at first attributed to an accounting error.
Identifying the deficiency made it possible to develop a treatment, an intravenous form of the needed protein.
The deficiency has been thrown into relief by the requirement that teachers in further education must now have teaching certificates.
In our cohort, the deficiency was mainly in the femur.
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