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noun
- 1. the condition of being insufficient: "insufficiency of adequate housing"
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INSUFFICIENCY definition: 1. the fact of not being enough: 2. the fact of an organ or body part being unable to work…. Learn more.
1. : the quality or state of being insufficient: such as. a. : lack of mental or moral fitness : incompetence. the insufficiency of this person for public office. b. : lack of adequate supply. insufficiency of provisions. c. : lack of physical power or capacity. especially : inability of an organ or body part to function normally.
Insufficiency definition: deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy. See examples of INSUFFICIENCY used in a sentence.
Definitions of insufficiency. noun. a lack of competence. “pointed out the insufficiencies in my report”. synonyms: inadequacy. see more. noun. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally. see more.
insufficiency in British English. (ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənsɪ ) noun. 1. Also called: insufficience. the state of being insufficient. 2. pathology. failure in the functioning of an organ, tissue, etc. cardiac insufficiency.
Insufficiency definition: The quality or state of being insufficient, especially:.
The quality or state of being insufficient, especially: a. Inadequate supply: an insufficiency of funds. b. Inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally: cardiac insufficiency. c. Moral or mental incompetence. 2. A failing; an inadequacy: pointed out the insufficiencies in my report.
Definition of insufficiency noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Insufficiency definition: deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy. See examples of INSUFFICIENCY used in a sentence.
deficiency in amount, force, power, competence, or fitness; inadequacy: insufficiency of supplies. an instance of this. Pathology inability of an organ or other part of the body to function normally: cardiac insufficiency. Also, in′suf•fi′cience. Late Latin insufficientia. See insufficient, - ency. late Middle English 1375–1425.
