ETYM French, from Latin absentia. Related to Absent.
1. Failure to be present.
2. The state of being absent.
3. The time interval during which something or somebody is away.

ETYM Old Eng. derthe, from dere. Related to Dear.
1. A severe shortage (especially a shortage of food); SYN. famine, shortage.
2. An insufficient quantity or number; SYN. paucity.

The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect.

ETYM Latin, from desideratus, p. p. Related to Desiderate.
(Irregular plural: desiderata).
Something desired as a necessity.
Something which is greatly desired.

ETYM Old Eng. faut, faute, French faute (cf. Italian, Spanish, and Portu. falta), from a verb meaning to want, fail, freq., from Latin fallere to deceive. Related to Fail, Default.
1. Responsibility for a bad situation or event.
2. A serve that lands outside the prescribed area.
3. (Geology) A fracture in the earth's crust with displacement of one side with respect to the other; SYN. geological fault, fault line, fracture, break. + prikaži više

ETYM From Inadequate.
Unsatisfactoriness by virtue of being inadequate; SYN. inadequateness.

ETYM Latin insufficientia: cf. French insuffisance, whence Old Eng. insuffisance. Related to Insufficient.
1. Lack of an adequate quantity or number; SYN. inadequacy, deficiency.
2. A lack of competence; SYN. inadequacy.
3. (Pathology) Inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.

ETYM Old Eng. lak; cf. Dutch lak slander, laken to blame, Old High Germ. lahan, as. leán.
The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; SYN. deficiency, want.

ETYM Latin privatio: cf. French privation. Related to Private.
1. A state of extreme poverty; SYN. want, deprivation.
2. Act of depriving; SYN. deprivation.

Rareness, scarcity, state of being in short supply

A small and inadequate amount; SYN. scarceness.
In economics, insufficient availability of resources to satisfy wants. The use of scarce resources has an opportunity cost.

1. Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard
2. A lack.

1. The act of falling, or coming short; as neglect of, or failure in, performance of one's duty.
2. A flaw in one's character

A deficiency; esp. a loss or downturn in revenue

ETYM Originally an adj, from Icel. vant, neuter of vanr lacking, deficient. Related to Wane.
(Homonym: wont).
In economics, the desire of consumers for material goods and services. Wants are argued to be infinite, meaning that consumers can never be satisfied with their existing standard of living but would always like to consume more goods and services. Infinite wants mean that resources have to be allocated. + prikaži više

A clothes dryer consisting of two roles between which the wet clothes are squeezed.

1. A physical defect, such as a loose connection, that prevents a system or device from operating as it should.
2. A programming error that can cause the software to fail.
3. As page fault, an attempt to access a page of virtual memory that is not mapped to a physical address. See also page fault.