insufficiency : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: insufficiency	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insufficiency n a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents" Synonym(s): insufficiency, inadequacy (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits" Synonym(s): insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency Antonym(s): adequacy, sufficiency
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insufficiency \In`suffi"ciency\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See {Insufficient}.] 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.