Defenition of the word insufficiency

• Defenition of the word insufficiency

  • A shortage or absence of what is needed.
  • (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
  • a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
  • lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
  • lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • a lack of competence

Synonyms for the word insufficiency

• • absence
  • dearth
  • deficiency
  • inadequacy
  • lack
  • paucity
  • scarcity
  • shortage

Similar words in the insufficiency

• • insufficiency
  • insufficiency's

Hyponyms for the word insufficiency

• • cardiac insufficiency
  • coronary insufficiency
  • deficit
  • exiguity
  • leanness
  • meagerness
  • meagreness
  • poorness
  • renal insufficiency
  • scantiness
  • scantness
  • scarceness
  • scarcity
  • shortage
  • shortfall
  • slenderness

Hypernyms for the word insufficiency

• • amount
  • failing
  • inability
  • unfitness
  • weakness

Antonyms for the word insufficiency

• • adequacy
  • sufficiency

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  • The origin of the word not able to be forfeited
  • Synonym for the word unchallengeable
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