Insufficiency

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  • noun. The quality or state of being insufficient, especially.
  • noun. Inadequate supply.
  • noun. Inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.
  • noun. Moral or mental incompetence.
  • noun. A failing; an inadequacy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Lack of sufficiency; deficiency in amount, force, or fitness; inadequateness; incompetency: as, insufficiency of supplies; insufficiency of motive.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The quality or state of being insufficient; lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness
  • noun. Lack of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. lack of an adequate quantity or number
  • noun. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
  • noun. a lack of competence
  • Word Usage
    "Pancreatic insufficiency is one cause of fat malabsorption."
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    failing  weakness  
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