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insufficiency n. 不充分,不足,不適當 不充分,不足,不適當 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}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The quality or state of being insufficient; lack of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc. [ 1913 Webster] The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. -- Hooker. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Lack of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office. [ 1913 Webster] 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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