Insufficiency
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Insufficiency is a noun meaning The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
Meaning
The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
Example Sentences
Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy
The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.
She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find their insufficiency.
On a recent trip down the Rhine many of the trains we saw were still steam-hauled, presumably through an insufficiency of electric locomotives, as yet, to deal with peak summer traffic.
Word Forms
- insufficiencies
Synonyms for insufficiency
Depending on context, synonyms include lack, unsufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency.
Antonyms for insufficiency
Common opposites include sufficiency, adequacy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deficiency, inadequacy, lack, deficient, insufficient, deficit.
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