Definitions for insufficiency



Overview of noun insufficiency

The noun insufficiency has 3 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. insufficiency, inadequacy

(a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents")

2. insufficiency

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

3. insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency

(lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits")

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