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Insufficiency Common

Insufficiency has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a lack of competence

"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"

"juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"

2

(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally

3

lack of an adequate quantity or number

"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

4

The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

Example Sentences
"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report" noun
"juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" noun
"the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" noun
Related Terms
Antonyms
adequacy sufficiency
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
failing inability amount
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
coronary insufficiency meagerness deficit scarcity slenderness
Rhyming Words
ency incy ancy fancy nancy zincy mancy mincy noncy dancy duncy poncy yancy cincy trancy pouncy rouncy egency dauncy anancy
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