Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as improficiency.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare Lack of proficiency.

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Examples

  • But this misplacing hath caused a deficience, or at least a great improficience in the sciences themselves.

    The Advancement of Learning 2003

  • But this misplacing hath caused a deficience, or at least a great improficience in the sciences themselves.

    The Advancement of Learning Francis Bacon 1593

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