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  • noun Plural form of deficiency.

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Examples

  • In Russia, he said, the Kremlin must often intervene in local matters because of what he called deficiencies among elected local officials.

    Putin, Shifting Tone, Praises Obama 2010

  • If one studies third-world countries, among the deficiencies is a viable public education system.

    Sound Politics: It's in the P-I 2006

  • Last update Nov 18, 2009 @ 07: 51 PM audited New Hartford's 2008 books has issued a letter outlining what it calls deficiencies in the way the town handles its funds.

    The Observer-Dispatch Home RSS 2009

  • "Israel, for all its deficiencies, is a genuine democracy, as opposed to any other state in the region."

    Vatican Focuses On Troubles in Middle East Josh Fleet 2010

  • Aminoacidopathies (maple syrup urine disease; homocystinuria; cobalamin deficiencies; tyrosinemia; urea cycle defects (ornithine transcarbamylase, carbamyl phosphate synthase, citrullinemia, argininosuccinic aciduria, arginase deficiencies) and non-ketotic hyperglycinemia)

    Biochemical Genetics-Metabolic Disease 2010

  • Protein deficiencies may occur due to liver damage.

    Treating Biliary Atresia 2010

  • That the new rite had deficiencies is by now becoming evident for everybody, and the Pope has many times said and written that we must “keep what is ancient” (guardare all'antico).

    Interview with Domenico Bartolucci 2009

  • A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children -- including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl -- after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company's manufacturing facility.

    Johnson & Johnson division recalls 43 OTC medicines for infants and children 2010

  • A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children -- including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl -- after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company's manufacturing facility.

    Johnson & Johnson division recalls 43 OTC medicines for infants and children 2010

  • A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children -- including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl -- after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company's manufacturing facility.

    Johnson & Johnson division recalls 43 OTC medicines for infants and children 2010

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