insufficiency

Meaning

The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

Synonyms

inadequacy
44k
deficiency
21k
shortage
C2
lack
B2
scarcity
36k
incompetence
C2
want
A1
paucity
dearth
39k
scantiness
scantness
incompetency
shortfall
inefficiency
46k
deficit
C2
weakness
B2

half ripe

poverty
C1
absence
C1

little quantity

defect
C2
fewness
flaw
C2
gap
C1
inadequateness
inefficacy
littleness
meagreness
poorness
rarity
C2
shortcoming
sketchiness
skimpiness
smallness
unfitness
Translations

insuffisance
insufficienza
insuficiencia

ανεπάρκεια

insuficiència
Mangel
insuficiência
Unzulänglichkeit
mancanza
carência
carence
deficienza

έλλειψη

قصور
Insuffizienz
Etymology

From in- + sufficiency.

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