insufficiency

English

Etymology

in- +‎ sufficiency

Noun

insufficiency (plural insufficiencies)

1. 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

• Greek: ανεπάρκεια (el) f (anepárkeia)

• Russian: недоста́точность (ru) f (nedostátočnostʹ)