insufficiency
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(noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" |
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Synonyms: deficiency, inadequacy |
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Related Words: amount, deficit, exiguity, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, shortfall |
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Antonyms: sufficiency |
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(noun) (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally |
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Related Words: cardiac insufficiency, coronary insufficiency, inability, renal insufficiency, unfitness |
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(noun) a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" |
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Synonyms: inadequacy |
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Related Words: failing, weakness |
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