Hypertext Webster Gateway: "insufficiency"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Insufficiency \In`suf*fi"cien*cy\, n. [L. insufficientia: cf. F.
insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See {Insufficient}.]
1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of
sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the
insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the
light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. --Hooker.
2. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity;
incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an
office.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
insufficiency
n 1: a lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my
report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy
in the parents" [syn: {inadequacy}]
2: (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function
normally
3: lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of
unemployment benefits" [syn: {inadequacy}, {deficiency}]
[ant: {sufficiency}, {sufficiency}]
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