Want
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Lack (of), absence of. poverty
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to wish for or desire (something). To lack (something). To require (something).
Example sentence: If you want to be happy, be.
Deficiency
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Inadequacy or incompleteness.An insufficiency, especially of something essential to health.
Example sentence: Individuals fail to recognise how their perennial state of sleep deficiency has come to compromise their mental aptitude and physical vitality, including the slow accumulation of ill health.