insufficiency

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   lack of an adequate quantity or number

   There was an insufficiency of seats at the meeting.

2. 2
   noun

   inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

   The insufficiency of the lungs was no doubt due to years of smoking.

3. 3
   noun

   a lack of competence

   The group's insufficiency meant they failed the task at hand.

4. 4
   noun

   The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

   Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy.

From in- + sufficiency.

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