insufficiency
/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/
insufficiency noun: the lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
Noun
insufficiency (plural insufficiencies)
- The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
- Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy
- The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.
- Synonyms:
- lack, unsufficiency, deficiency[Appendix:Glossary, inadequacy
insufficiency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
insufficiency in Hindi
- the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy
- अपर्याप्तता aparyāptatā
insufficiency in Tamil
- the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy
- போதாமை pōtāmai
insufficiency in Urdu
- کمی, قلت
insufficiency in Telugu
- insufficiency, inability, incapability, incapacity
- చాలమి cālami
More languagesFewer languages
- insufficiency in Malayalam
- അപര്യാപ്തത aparyāptata, കുറവ് kuṟavŭ
- insufficiency in Kannada
- ನ್ಯೂನತೆ, ಕೊರತೆ, ಅನುಪಪತ್ತಿ
- insufficiency in Sanskrit
- हानि hāni
Examples of insufficiency in a sentence
- She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find their insufficiency.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXI. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III...
- 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.1962 October, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: Rhine right-bank line re-signalling”, in Modern Railways, page 276:
Synonyms of insufficiency
- lack
- unsufficiency
- deficiency[Appendix:Glossary
- inadequacy
Forms of insufficiency
| plural | insufficiencies |
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Origin of insufficiency
From in- + sufficiency.
Words formed from insufficiency
Questions about insufficiency
- What does insufficiency mean?
- Insufficiency means the lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
- What is insufficiency in Hindi?
- Insufficiency in Hindi is अपर्याप्तता (aparyāptatā). See Insufficiency meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use insufficiency in a sentence?
- She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find their insufficiency.
- What part of speech is insufficiency?
- Insufficiency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce insufficiency?
- Insufficiency is pronounced /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/.
- What is the plural of insufficiency?
- The plural of insufficiency is insufficiencies.
Words near insufficiency in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: insufficiency (page history and authors); insufficiency (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చాలమి (Telugu) (page history and authors); insufficiency (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); हानि (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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