Insufficiency

//ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi//

Synonyms for "insufficiency" (117 found)

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Translations

30 translations across 22 languages.

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Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • qıtlıq noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)
  • çatışmazlıq noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Catalan

1 entries
  • insuficiència noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 不足 noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Finnish

1 entries
  • riittämättömyys noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

French

2 entries
  • déficience noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)
  • insuffisance noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Galician

1 entries
  • insuficiencia noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

German

1 entries
  • Insuffizienz noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Greek

1 entries
  • ανεπάρκεια noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Hindi

1 entries
  • अपर्याप्तता noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • elégtelenség noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Irish

3 entries
  • easnamh noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)
  • easpa noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)
  • ganntanas noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Italian

1 entries
  • insufficienza noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • жеткіліксіздік noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Korean

1 entries
  • 불충분 noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • അപര്യാപ്തത noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)
  • കുറവ് noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Manx

3 entries
  • neufondid noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)
  • neuhaieid noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)
  • neuhaieys noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Polish

2 entries
  • niedostateczność noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)
  • niedostatek noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • insuficiência noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Russian

1 entries
  • недоста́точность noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Spanish

1 entries
  • insuficiencia noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Tamil

1 entries
  • போதாமை noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • недоста́тність noun (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The drought led to an insufficiency of food.

Source: tatoeba (326626)

Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy

Source: wiktionary

The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.

Source: wiktionary

She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find their insufficiency.

Source: wiktionary

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