Insufficiency Definition & Meaning

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Insufficiency

Insufficiency Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Insufficiency? [n] lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [n] (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally [n] a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Insufficiency: deficiency \| inadequacy \| inadequacy Related Terms \| Find terms related to Insufficiency: arrear \| arrearage \| arrears \| asymmetry \| baseness \| contrariety \| daintiness \| decline \| defalcation \| default \| defectiveness \| deficiency \| deficit \| delicacy \| delinquency \| difference \| diminutiveness \| disability \| disablement \| disequilibrium \| disparity \| disproportion \| disqualification \| dissatisfactoriness \| exiguity \| exiguousness \| failure \| falling short \| fewness \| heterogeneity \| imbalance \| imbecility \| imperfection \| inability \| inadequacy \| inadmissibility \| incapability \| incapacitation \| incapacity \| incompetence \| incompetency \| inconsequentiality \| inconsiderableness \| indefensibility \| inefficiency \| ineptitude \| inequality \| inequity \| infancy \| inferiority \| injustice \| insignificance \| intolerability \| irregularity \| legal incapacity \| littleness \| maladroitness \| meagerness \| meanness \| mediocrity \| minority \| minuteness \| moderateness \| nonuniformity \| objectionability \| odds \| overbalance \| pettiness \| picayunishness \| puniness \| scantiness \| shabbiness \| short measure \| shortage \| shortcoming \| shortfall \| slightness \| slump \| smallness \| subnormality \| tininess \| triviality \| unacceptability \| unbalance \| underage \| undesirability \| unevenness \| unfair discrimination \| unfitness \| unimportance \| unsatisfactoriness \| unskillfulness \| unsuitability \| untenability \| vulgarity \| wardship See Also \| amount \| cardiac insufficiency \| coronary insufficiency \| deficit \| exiguity \| failing \| inability \| meagerness \| meagreness \| poorness \| renal insufficiency \| scantiness \| scantness \| scarceness \| scarcity \| shortage \| shortfall \| unfitness \| weakness Insufficiency In Webster's Dictionary \In`suffi"ciency\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See {Insufficient}.] 1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc. The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. --Hooker. 2. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.

Insufficiency Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Insufficiency?

[n] lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
[n] (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
[n] a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Insufficiency: deficiency | inadequacy | inadequacy

Insufficiency In Webster's Dictionary

\In`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F.
insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See {Insufficient}.]
1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of
   sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the
   insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.

         The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the
         light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. --Hooker.

2. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity;
   incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an
   office.

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