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
Gàidhlig
mì-èifeachd
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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