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[けつ()·ぼう()]
ketsubou
noun, suru verb

English Meaning(s) for 欠乏

noun, suru verb
  1. want; shortage; famine

Definition and Synonyms for 欠乏

Lack be without
Synonyms: 不足, 欠く, 欠ける, 欠乏, 欠如
Insufficiency lack of an adequate quantity or number
Synonyms: あくび, 不備, 不全, 不十分, 不完全, 不足, 手薄, , 欠乏, 欠如
Deficit the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
Synonyms: 不足, 欠乏
Scarcity a small and inadequate amount
Synonyms: 不足, 払底, 欠乏
Paucity an insufficient quantity or number
Synonyms: 払底, 欠乏
Famine a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
Synonyms: 凶荒, 払底, 欠乏, 飢饉
Want the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
Synonyms: 不足, 乏しい, 払底, 欠乏, 欠如, 欠落
Dearth an acute insufficiency
Synonyms: 不足, 不足前, 品薄, 払底, 欠乏

Meanings for each kanji in 欠乏

» lack; gap; fail; yawning radical (no. 76)
» destitution; scarce; limited

Categories 欠乏 is a member of

Amount the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
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Insufficiency lack of an adequate quantity or number
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Scarcity a small and inadequate amount
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Cataclysm an event resulting in great loss and misfortune
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Demand a condition requiring relief
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Want the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable
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Stroke Order Diagrams for 欠乏

Sample Sentences for 欠乏

Body temperature rising, pulse rising ... he's in a state of oxygen deficiency.
Waste makes want.
There's a water shortage in this area.
Waste not, want not.
Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.

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