Noun: insufficiency ,in-su'fi-shun(t)-see
- Lack of an adequate quantity or number
"the insufficiency of unemployment benefits";
- inadequacy, deficiency
- A lack of competence
"pointed out the insufficiencies in my report";
- inadequacy
- (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
"The patient was diagnosed with renal insufficiency"
Derived forms: insufficiencies
Type of: amount, disadvantage, failing, inability, minus, unfitness, weakness
Encyclopedia: Insufficiency