About The Word Insufficiency

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Insufficiency

Insufficiency Meaning & Definition
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

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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`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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