Insufficiency

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The quality or state of being insufficient, especially:
  • n. Moral or mental incompetence.
  • n. Inadequate supply: an insufficiency of funds.
  • n. Inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally: cardiac insufficiency.
  • n. A failing; an inadequacy: pointed out the insufficiencies in my report.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being insufficient; lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness
  • n. Lack of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Lack of sufficiency; deficiency in amount, force, or fitness; inadequateness; incompetency: as, insufficiency of supplies; insufficiency of motive.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • n. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
  • n. a lack of competence
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