Dictionary

insufficiency en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sufficiency English insufficiency From in- + sufficiency.

Meanings

1. The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
   • 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, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 160:
   • 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:
   • Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy
   • The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.

Forms

Deriveds

pancreatic insufficiency · thoracic insufficiency syndrome · immunoinsufficiency · diploinsufficiency · chronic adrenal insufficiency · haploinsufficiency · primary adrenal insufficiency

Relateds

insufficient

Synonyms

inadequacy · lack · unsufficiency · deficiency[Appendix:Glossary

Translations (31)

pt insuficiência (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · gv neuhaieid (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ca insuficiència (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · pl niedostateczność (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · gv neuhaieys (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · kk жеткіліксіздік (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · pl niedostatek (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · cmn 不足 (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · fr insuffisance (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · pon souitar (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · gl insuficiencia (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ga ganntanas (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · de Insuffizienz (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · el ανεπάρκεια (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · uk недоста́тність (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ga easnamh (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · hi अपर्याप्तता (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ml കുറവ് (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · es insuficiencia (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ko 불충분 (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ml അപര്യാപ്തത (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · gv neufondid (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · fr déficience (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · fi riittämättömyys (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · hu elégtelenség (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · az qıtlıq (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ga easpa (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · az çatışmazlıq (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · it insufficienza (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ru недоста́точность (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy) · ta போதாமை (the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy)