INSUFFICIENCY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • lack of an adequate quantity or number
   
   Synonym(s)
   • deficiency (what does deficiency mean?)
   • inadequacy (what does inadequacy mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
   
   Hypernyms(s) insufficiency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • amount (what does amount mean?)
   
   Antonym(s)
   • sufficiency (what does sufficiency mean?)
   • adequacy (what does adequacy mean?)
   • sufficiency (what does sufficiency mean?)
   • adequacy (what does adequacy mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • meagerness (what does meagerness mean?)
   • meagreness (what does meagreness mean?)
   • poorness (what does poorness mean?)
   • scantiness (what does scantiness mean?)
   • scantness (what does scantness mean?)
   • exiguity (what does exiguity mean?)
   • deficit (what does deficit mean?)
   • shortage (what does shortage mean?)
   • shortfall (what does shortfall mean?)
   • scarcity (what does scarcity mean?)
   • scarceness (what does scarceness mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
   
   Hypernyms(s) insufficiency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • inability (what does inability mean?)
   • unfitness (what does unfitness mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • coronary insufficiency (what does coronary insufficiency mean?)
   • cardiac insufficiency (what does cardiac insufficiency mean?)
   • renal insufficiency (what does renal insufficiency mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a lack of competence
   
   Synonym(s)
   • inadequacy (what does inadequacy mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • pointed out the insufficiencies in my report
   • juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents
   
   Hypernyms(s) insufficiency is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • failing (what does failing mean?)
   • weakness (what does weakness mean?)