Hyphenation of deficiency

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word deficiency? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

de-fi-cien-cy

Definitions of deficiency:

1.	The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable 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
2.	Lack of an adequate quantity or number The inadequacy of unemployment benefits

Synonyms of deficiency:

noun	lack, want, need, demand
noun	insufficiency, inadequacy, amount

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.