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insufficiency

English

  1. 🔊 lack of an adequate quantity or number
    “the inadequacy of unemployment benefits”
  2. 🔊 (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
  3. 🔊 a lack of competence
    “pointed out the insufficiencies in my report”

Similar words

inadequacy deficiency inadequacy arrear arrearage arrears asymmetry baseness contrariety daintiness decline defalcation default defectiveness deficiency deficit delicacy delinquency difference diminutiveness disability disablement disequilibrium disparity