insufficiency
noun/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/
Etymology From in- + sufficiency.
1
The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
- Near-synonyms: deficiency (broadly synonymous), inadequacy
- The troops went hungry because of the insufficiency of their supplies.
2 more examples
- She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find their insufficiency.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:
- 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.1962 October, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: Rhine right-bank line re-signalling”, in Modern Railways, page 276:
- Derived terms
- diploinsufficiency, haploinsufficiency, immunoinsufficiency, pancreatic insufficiency, thoracic insufficiency syndrome
- Related terms
- insufficient