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Insufficiency (Noun)

Meaning 1

A lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents".

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Synonyms

  • Inadequacy

Hypernyms

  • Weakness

Meaning 2

(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.

Classification

Nouns denoting natural processes.

Hypernyms

  • Unfitness

Hyponyms

  • Cardiac Insufficiency

Meaning 3

Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits".

Classification

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.

Synonyms

  • Deficiency
  • Inadequacy

Antonyms

  • Sufficiency

Hyponyms

  • Scantness
  • Leanness
  • Scarceness
  • Meagreness
  • Shortfall
  • Exiguity
  • Poorness
  • Shortage
  • Scantiness

Related Words

  • Insufficient (adjective)
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