insufficiency (noun)

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• insufficiency — insufficient ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not enough. DERIVATIVES insufficiency noun insufficiently adverb …   English terms dictionary

• insufficiency — noun (plural cies) Date: 1526 1. the quality or state of being insufficient: as a. lack of mental or moral fitness ; incompetence < the insufficiency of this person for public office > b. lack of adequate supply < insufficiency of provisions > c …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• insufficiency — I noun absence, dearth, deficiency, deficit, depletion, emptiness, exhaustion, exiguity, exiguousness, falling short, fewness, inadequacy, inadequateness, incompetence, incompleteness, inopia, lack, meagerness, need, not enough, paucity, penuria …   Law dictionary

• insufficiency — noun The lack of sufficiency; the shortage or inadequacy of. The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies …   Wiktionary

• insufficiency — (n.) 1520s, from L.L. insufficientia, noun of quality from insufficientem (see INSUFFICIENT (Cf. insufficient)). Insufficience deficiency is from early 15c …   Etymology dictionary

• insufficiency — noun the condition of being insufficient. ↘Medicine the inability of an organ to perform normally …   English new terms dictionary

• coronary insufficiency — noun inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris • Syn: ↑cardiac insufficiency • Hypernyms: ↑insufficiency * * * noun : cardiac insufficiency of relatively mild degree * * * Pathol. inadequate blood flow to the heart… …   Useful english dictionary

• insufficiency — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of necessary amount Nouns 1. insufficiency; inadequacy, inadequateness; incompetence, impotence; deficiency, incompleteness, imperfection, shortcoming, emptiness, poorness, depletion, vacancy,… …   English dictionary for students

• insufficiency — in|suf|fi|cien|cy [ ,ınsə fıʃnsi ] noun uncount 1. ) FORMAL a situation in which there is not enough of something 2. ) MEDICAL a medical condition in which an organ in the body does not work as it should …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• insufficiency — UK [ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃ(ə)nsɪ] / US noun [uncountable] 1) formal a situation in which there is not enough of something 2) medical a medical condition in which an organ in the body does not work as it should …   English dictionary

• insufficiency — /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi / (say insuh fishuhnsee) noun deficiency in amount, force, or fitness; inadequateness. Also, insufficience …