'Insufficiency' definitions:
Definition of 'insufficiency'
(from WordNet)
noun
A lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy]
noun
(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
noun
Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" [syn: insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency] [ant: adequacy, sufficiency]
Definition of 'Insufficiency'
From: GCIDE
- Insufficiency \In`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See Insufficient.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The quality or state of being insufficient; lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc. [1913 Webster]
- The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Lack of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insufficiency'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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