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Insufficiency

//ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

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

  2. 2
    lack of an adequate quantity or number wordnet
  3. 3
    (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally wordnet
  4. 4
    a lack of competence wordnet

Etymology

From in- + sufficiency.

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