insufficiency
insufficiency · insufficiencies
недостатність
недостаточность
Insuffizienz
The lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enoughThe lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/
» The drought led to an insufficiency of food.
Die Dürre führte zu einem Mangel an Nahrungsmitteln.
Засуха привела к недостатку пищи.
Meaning
1 sensesThe 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.
Insuffizienz
недоста́точностьnedostátočnostʹ
недоста́тністьnedostátnistʹ
More definitions
- lack of an adequate quantity or number
- (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
- a lack of competence
Examples
1 sentencesThe drought led to an insufficiency of food.
ruЗасуха привела к недостатку пищи. — Hellerick
deDie Dürre führte zu einem Mangel an Nahrungsmitteln. — cost
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy:
Русский
By meaning 1
the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy:
Forms
plural: insufficiencies| Singular | insufficiency |
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| Plural | insufficiencies |
regular
Synonyms
5 synonymslackA2inadequacyunsufficiencydeficiency[Appendix:Glossary
Close in meaning
- lack of an adequate quantity or number:inadequacydeficiency
- a lack of competence:inadequacy