Meaning of Insufficiency | Babel Free
ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsiDefinitions
The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
Equivalents
Català
insuficiència
Ελληνικά
ανεπάρκεια
Español
insuficiencia
Galego
insuficiencia
हिन्दी
अपर्याप्तता
Magyar
elégtelenség
Italiano
insufficienza
Қазақша
жеткіліксіздік
Português
insuficiência
Русский
недостаточность
Svenska
otillräcklighet
தமிழ்
போதாமை
Українська
недостатність
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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