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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deficiency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "falencia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deficiency",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "insuficiencia"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "deficiency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "déficit"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "deficiency",
"word": "dosari"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deficiency",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tillkortakommande"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deficiency",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "brist"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "deficiency",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "svaghet"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "nedólik",
"sense": "deficiency",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "недо́лік"
}
],
"word": "shortcoming"
}
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