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English
Etymology
From in- + sufficiency.
Noun
insufficiency (plural insufficiencies)
- The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
- Synonym: (obsolete) unsufficiency
The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXI. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 160:She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find their insufficiency.
1962 October, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: Rhine right-bank line re-signalling”, in Modern Railways, page 276: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.
Translations
the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy