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How to use insufficiency in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Insufficiency means the lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something). Example: “The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.”

Examples of insufficiency by meaning

nounThe lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

  • The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.
  • 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

More sentences with insufficiency

  • Treatments for mitral insufficiency include antihypertensives and valvular surgery; today the latter is often minimally invasive and even totally endoscopic.From the entry mitral
  • Patients with convergence insufficiency type exotropia, exodeviation greater at near than at distance of ≥10Δ, were excluded.2015 September 30, “Predictive Factors Affecting Long-Term Outcome of Unilateral Lateral Rectus Recession”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry exodeviation
  • There was no evidence of adrenal insufficiency with normal cortisol and adenocorticotropic hormone levels for pregnancy.2013 August 23, Paul-Ann D Green et al., “Unilateral adrenal infarction in pregnancy”, in BMJ Case Reports, volume 2013, →DOI. From the entry adenocorticotropic
  • Hypoconcentration is relatively rare; hyperconcentration is fairly frequent in disease, especially in cases of cardiorenal insufficiency.1908, Chemical Society, Journal of the Chemical Society, Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, page 716. From the entry hyperconcentration
  • Does your dog have any of the following diseases such as diabetes, epilepsy, allergies, demodicosis, hypothyroidism, pancreatic insufficiency, liver malfunction, or something else?2015 June 15, Bahman Mosallanejad et al., “Comparative evaluation between hypericin (hypiran) and fluoxetine in treatment of companion…. From the entry demodicosis
  • Healing of a bony avulsion of the meniscal root in an extraanatomical position may possibly lead to a lengthening of the physiological circumference resulting in a moderate insufficiency.2015 July 26, Georg Mattiassich et al., “Magnetic resonance evaluation in long term follow up of operated lateral tibial plateau…. From the entry extraanatomical
  • But, finding now that he hath secretly named me for that place, I do coldlier deal therein, knowing both my insufficiency and doubting of the success thereof.1960 [1571 September 2], Conyers Read, quoting William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, “French Marriage Projects, 1571-72”, in Lord Burghley…. From the entry coldlier
  • Patients with renal insufficiency following trauma present special problems in management because clinical uremia, high levels of azotemia and kalemia, and myocardial potassium intoxication develop rapidly.1955 February, Lloyd H. Smith, Jr., “Post-traumatic Renal Insufficiency in Military Casualties”, in The American Journal of Medicine…. From the entry kalemia

Meaning of insufficiency

  1. noun The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

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Questions about insufficiency in a sentence

How do you use insufficiency in a sentence?
Insufficiency is used as a noun. For example: “The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.”
What is a short sentence with insufficiency?
“The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.”
What does insufficiency mean?
Insufficiency means the lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

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