Insufficiency
Definitions
The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
Equivalents
23 more languages
Catalàinsuficiència
Ελληνικάανεπάρκεια
Gàidhligmì-èifeachd
Galegoinsuficiencia
हिन्दीअपर्याप्तता
Magyarelégtelenség
Italianoinsufficienza
Қазақ тіліжеткіліксіздік
Portuguêsinsuficiência
Русскийнедостаточность
Svenskaotillräcklighet
தமிழ்போதாமை
Українськанедостатність
Examples
“Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy”
“The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.”
“She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find⟳ their insufficiency.”
“On a recent trip⟳ down the Rhine many of the trains we saw⟳ were still steam-hauled, presumably through an insufficiency of electric locomotives, as yet, to deal⟳ with peak summer traffic.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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