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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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Deficits and inflation, treated so far as separate and distinct, may feed off each other.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Deficits are expected to average $2.4 trillion a year from 2027, according to Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s February projection.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Deficits had been limited to 'in half' and been corrected before they had come to an end.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

Deficits soared earlier in 2025 as companies rushed to import before tariffs took effect.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Deficits were made up by forced loans, by executions and confiscations, by open simony, and by contributions levied on the ecclesiastical corporations.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob