insufficiency
n . 不充分,不足,不适当
不充分,不足,不适当
insufficiency n 1 :
a lack of competence ; "
pointed out the insufficiencies in my report "; "
juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents " [
synonym : {
insufficiency }, {
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 " [
synonym : {
insufficiency }, {
inadequacy },
{
deficiency }] [
ant : {
adequacy }, {
sufficiency }]
Insufficiency \
In `
suf *
fi "
cien *
cy \,
n . [
L .
insufficientia :
cf .
F .
insuffisance ,
whence OE .
insuffisance .
See {
Insufficient }.]
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1913 Webster ]
1 .
The quality or state of being insufficient ;
lack of sufficiency ;
deficiency ;
inadequateness ;
as ,
the insufficiency of provisions ,
of an excuse ,
etc .
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The insufficiency of the light of nature is ,
by the light of Scripture , . . .
fully supplied . --
Hooker .
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2 .
Lack of power or skill ;
inability ;
incapacity ;
incompetency ;
as ,
the insufficiency of a man for an office .
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96 Moby Thesaurus words for "
insufficiency ":
arrear ,
arrearage ,
arrears ,
asymmetry ,
baseness ,
contrariety ,
daintiness ,
decline ,
defalcation ,
default ,
defectiveness ,
deficiency ,
deficit ,
delicacy ,
delinquency ,
difference ,
diminutiveness ,
disability ,
disablement ,
disequilibrium ,
disparity ,
disproportion ,
disqualification ,
dissatisfactoriness ,
exiguity ,
exiguousness ,
failure ,
falling short ,
fewness ,
heterogeneity ,
imbalance ,
imbecility ,
imperfection ,
inability ,
inadequacy ,
inadmissibility ,
incapability ,
incapacitation ,
incapacity ,
incompetence ,
incompetency ,
inconsequentiality ,
inconsiderableness ,
indefensibility ,
inefficiency ,
ineptitude ,
inequality ,
inequity ,
infancy ,
inferiority ,
injustice ,
insignificance ,
intolerability ,
irregularity ,
legal incapacity ,
littleness ,
maladroitness ,
meagerness ,
meanness ,
mediocrity ,
minority ,
minuteness ,
moderateness ,
nonuniformity ,
objectionability ,
odds ,
overbalance ,
pettiness ,
picayunishness ,
puniness ,
scantiness ,
shabbiness ,
short measure ,
shortage ,
shortcoming ,
shortfall ,
slightness ,
slump ,
smallness ,
subnormality ,
tininess ,
triviality ,
unacceptability ,
unbalance ,
underage ,
undesirability ,
unevenness ,
unfair discrimination ,
unfitness ,
unimportance ,
unsatisfactoriness ,
unskillfulness ,
unsuitability ,
untenability ,
vulgarity ,
wardship
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