insufficiency

/ˌˈɪnsəˌˈfɪʃənsi/

Other forms: insufficiencies

Definitions of insufficiency

1. noun

   a lack of competence
   “pointed out the insufficiencies in my report”

   synonyms: inadequacy

   type of:

   failing, weakness

   a flaw or weak point
2. noun

   (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
   types:

   cardiac insufficiency, coronary insufficiency

   inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris

   type of:

   inability, unfitness

   lacking the power to perform
3. noun

   lack of an adequate quantity or number
   synonyms: deficiency, inadequacy

   antonyms:

   sufficiency

   the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

   types:

   exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness

   the quality of being meager

   deficit, shortage, shortfall

   the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

   scarceness, scarcity

   a small and inadequate amount

   slenderness

   the quality of being slight or inadequate

   wateriness

   meagerness or poorness connoted by a superfluity of water (in a literary style as well as in a food)

   abstemiousness

   restricted to bare necessities

   oxygen deficit

   temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise

   spareness, sparseness, sparsity, thinness

   the property of being scanty or scattered; lacking denseness

   dearth, paucity

   an insufficient quantity or number

   infrequency, rareness, rarity

   noteworthy scarcity

   type of:

   amount

   the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion