欠乏

Meanings

1. Noun · Suru verb · Intransitive

   deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth; scarcity

In Spanish

1. carencia; falta; deficiencia

Kanji in this word

• 欠
• 乏

Example sentences

• 戦争せんそうは不足ふそくと欠乏けつぼうの時代じだいを招まねいた。

  The war ushered in a period of shortages and deprivation.

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• 知識ちしきは欠乏けつぼうしており、知恵ちえはさらに乏とぼしい。

  Knowledge is scarce; wisdom is scarcer.

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