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How to pronounce “deficiency

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Pronunciation guide for deficiency

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of deficiency with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Buying ForeclosuresDamage of their credit, deficiency judgment,
Definition summary
(uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.

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How to pronounce deficiency

Buying Foreclosures

Damage of their credit, deficiency judgment,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “deficiency

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (uncountable) Inadequacy or incompleteness.
  • (countable) An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
  • (geometry) The amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.
  • (geometry) The codimension of a linear system in the corresponding complete linear system.

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