insufficiency

English

Etymology

in- +‎ sufficiency

Noun

insufficiency (plural insufficiencies)

The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.

Synonyms

unsufficiency (obsolete)

Translations

the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy

Finnish: riittämättömyys (fi)
French: insuffisance (fr) f, déficience (fr) f
German: Insuffizienz (de) f

Greek: ανεπάρκεια (el) f (anepárkeia)
Hungarian: elégtelenség (hu)
Russian: недоста́точность (ru) f (nedostátočnostʹ)

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