Thursday, November 29, 2012

deficit

(n.): a shortfall or deficiency

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  1. Due to the unstable political situation in Saudi Arabia, a deficit of oil caused economic crisis.

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  2. The country is under an economic crisis due to the foreign trade deficit.

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  3. Because of the lack of diplomatic relations with important and rich countries, that country might not be able to survive this economic crisis and all the new sanctions.

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    1. Amber, I think you forgot to put deficit in your sentence.(:

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    2. LOL sorry
      Because of the deficit of diplomatic relations*

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  4. The deficit of money made my shopping trip fairly miserable.

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  5. The deficit of oil was the cause of the economic depression.

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  6. The deficit of food in my house starved me.

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  7. Grant surrounded the Richmond Virginia for months until the city experienced a deficit in supplies and finally surrendered.

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  8. Because of the deficit of clothes in Africa, people in wealth countries were encouraged to donate some to them.

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  9. Republicans use the deficit in the economy as an excuse to place priority on making money over the rights that are unfairly denied to homosexuals.

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  10. The deficit of food caused a great pandemonium in the refugee camp.

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  11. The disorder of not being able to concentrate is called attention deficit disorder, because it would be hard for one to really focus on one subject for a long period of time.

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  12. I hate to have deficits when I make speeches cause it makes me look really stupid.

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  13. Decreasing budget deficits normally entails enforcing austerity measures.

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  14. China runs a big trade surplus while the United States runs a big trade deficit--well over $200 billion with China alone in 2010 and nearly $400 in total.

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  15. The defecit of female bathrooms trouble lots of female in China.

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  16. The deficit in electricity caused pandemonium within the city.

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  17. antonym:abundant, since it means more than enough while deficit means shortfall.

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  18. The managers are having a meeting on how to solve the deficit that left last year.

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  19. the deficit of supply made them withdraw.

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