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Definition of Insufficiency
1. Noun. A lack of competence. "Juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
2. Noun. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.
Generic synonyms: Inability, Unfitness
Category relationships: Pathology
Specialized synonyms: Cardiac Insufficiency, Coronary Insufficiency
Category relationships: Pathology
Specialized synonyms: Cardiac Insufficiency, Coronary Insufficiency
3. Noun. Lack of an adequate quantity or number. "The inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
Exact synonyms: Deficiency, Inadequacy
Generic synonyms: Amount
Specialized synonyms: Exiguity, Leanness, Meagerness, Meagreness, Poorness, Scantiness, Scantness, Deficit, Shortage, Shortfall, Scarceness, Scarcity, Slenderness
Derivative terms: Deficient, Deficient, Insufficient
Antonyms: Adequacy, Sufficiency
Generic synonyms: Amount
Specialized synonyms: Exiguity, Leanness, Meagerness, Meagreness, Poorness, Scantiness, Scantness, Deficit, Shortage, Shortfall, Scarceness, Scarcity, Slenderness
Derivative terms: Deficient, Deficient, Insufficient
Antonyms: Adequacy, Sufficiency
Definition of Insufficiency
1. n. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
Definition of Insufficiency
1. [n INSUFFICIENCIES]
Medical Definition of Insufficiency
1. The condition of being insufficient or inadequate to the performance of the allotted duty. Origin: L. Insufficientia, from sufficiens = sufficient This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
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