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Meaning of Insufficiency | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1
ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi

Definitions

The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).

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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

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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