м., -ци, (два) недоста̀тъка defect, fault, flaw, blemish, demerit, offset, failing; disadvantage, shortcoming; drawback; demerit; разг. a fly in the ointment; без ~к faultless, flawless, unblemished; дете с ~к handicapped child; намирам на всичко ~ци find fault with everything; отстранявам ~ците в remove the shortcomings in, improve; с ~ци defective, faulty; телесен/физически ~к deformity, corporal/bodily defect; той няма никакви ~ци he is perfect, he has no shortcomings; умствен ~к mental deficiency; физически ~к physical deficiency.