- 1. n. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc. Source: opted
- 2. n. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office. Source: opted
- 3. n. a lack of competence Source: wordnet
- 4. n. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally Source: wordnet
- 5. n. lack of an adequate quantity or number Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc. The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. Hooker. 2. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office. Source: webster
- 7. n:100 n. a lack of competence n. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally n. lack of an adequate quantity or number Source: ecdict
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