deficits

NOUN

shortage of something needed, required

Synonyms

STRONGEST

loss shortfall

STRONG

arrears defalcation default deficiency dues inadequacy insufficiency lack paucity scantiness shortcoming

WEAK

dead horse due bill in hock in the hole in the red insufficience red ink underage

Antonyms

STRONG

abundance adequacy advantage enough perfection plenty satisfaction success sufficiency

WEAK

excess superfluousness

Example Sentences

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Current-account deficits played a part in the crises that swept Latin America in the early 1980s, east and southeast Asia in the late 1990s, the U.S. in 2007-09 and the eurozone from 2009 on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"His understanding of what went on must have been far more limited than a 14 year old operating at a level without his deficits."

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Instead of a fixed $25,000 minimum equity requirement for pattern day traders, brokerages will need to monitor their customers’ trading throughout the day and alert them to any deficits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

The mice continued to show deficits in object recognition memory, indicating that additional brain regions may contribute to certain aspects of these disorders.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Giving himself repeated daily shots of canine insulin in the abdomen, arm, or leg, Woolf almost certainly spent his days boomeranging between insulin gluts and deficits.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand