deficit
nounEtymology
Definitions
Deficiency in amount or quality
Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack.
- The crop output this year has been comparatively small, owing to the deficit in rainfall.
A situation wherein, or amount whereby, spending exceeds (e.g. government) revenue.
- But Wall Street, which has a case of deficit-attention disorder, is no longer focused on a balanced budget. "The bond market only worries about one thing at [a time.]
The neighborhood
- synonymfiscal deficit
- synonymshortfall
- antonymsurplus
- neighbordefect
- neighbordefection
- neighbordefective
- neighbordefector
- neighbordeficiency
- neighbordeficient
Derived
antideficit, attention deficit disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, budget deficit, caloric deficit, calorie deficit, deficit good, deficit hawk, deficit spending, democratic deficit, fiscal deficit, information deficit model, nature-deficit disorder, nature deficit disorder, negative deficit, neurodeficit, neuroleptic-induced deficit syndrome, nondeficit, oxygen deficit, soil moisture deficit, structural deficit, trade deficit
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at deficit. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at deficit. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at deficit
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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