Synset:deficiency want
Examples:
- there is a serious lack of insight into the problem
- water is the critical deficiency in desert regions
- for want of a nail the shoe was lost
Derivationally Related Form:lackwantdeficient
Hypernyms:demand need
Inherited Hypernyms:lackneedconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:absencedearthdeficitfaminemineral deficiencyshortageshortnessstringencytightness
Full Hyponyms:
absenceawaynessdearthdeficitmineral deficiencynonoccurrenceshortnesssideropeniastringency