Associations to the word «Insufficiency»

Wiktionary

INSUFFICIENCY, noun. The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.

Dictionary definition

INSUFFICIENCY, noun. A lack of competence; "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents".
INSUFFICIENCY, noun. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally.
INSUFFICIENCY, noun. Lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats