INSUFFICIENCE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

insufficience

noun

Definition of insufficience

as in deficiency

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Noun

The Lakers spent the first days of free agency addressing their shooting deficiencies.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2026
Interveinal chlorosis and yellowing in new leaves can indicate an iron deficiency.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026

Definition of deficiency

Noun

One Calabria hospital had lines several hours long Despite growing tourism and a strong farming economy, Calabria symbolizes southern Italy’s lack of development compared to the more wealthy and industrialized north.

— Paolo Santalucia, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Josh Houston, who also filed complaints with state and federal agencies, said his biggest concern has been the lack of communication surrounding the project affecting the subdivision’s only access road.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 July 2026

Definition of lack

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Some were permanently dismissed due to statute of limitations or legal insufficiency, while others were temporary on legal grounds, meaning Pines' lawyers can attempt to correct them.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 9 June 2026
There’s a temptation to call such men too big for their boots, but Henri is too small for his, and Arlaud is so good at projecting that insufficiency, yet still being riveting to watch.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 20 May 2026

Definition of insufficiency

Noun

Youssef added that one of the biggest shortcomings in many squatter investigations is the lack of follow-up fact gathering.

— Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
Nilson Angulo’s strike was excellent and Gonzalo Plata’s winner, which will live long in the Ecuadorian memory, ensured Germany’s shortcomings were punished.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of shortcoming

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The city had to plug a roughly $70 million budget shortfall with two supplemental budgets for the last fiscal year that ended June 30.

— Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 7 July 2026
Last month, the City Council approved a range of cuts to close a $50 million annual budget shortfall, triggered in large part by slowing revenues and rising inflation.

— Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 6 July 2026

Definition of shortfall

Noun

The Canadian catastrophe highlighted the inadequacies of the current system of supply and the lack of American credit.

— Sarah M.S. Pearsall, The Conversation, 2 July 2026
The West Indies made 125-7 and the inadequacy of that total was exposed by Australia hunting it down with seven overs to spare.

— ABC News, ABC News, 30 June 2026

Definition of inadequacy

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All of this spells the need for clear rules and for lawmakers and law enforcement to catch up with this rapidly changing transportation.

— Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 5 July 2026
But when Erik Spoelstra is strategizing, the needs of Nikola Jovic, for better or worse, are not going to be at the top of the organizational process.

— Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2026

Definition of need

Noun

After trailing by as many as 16 points, the Bucks cut the deficit to five early in the third quarter and tied the game midway through the fourth.

— Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
When oil has fallen 40%, inflation gauges are likely peaking and the Federal government is still running a deficit of 6% of GDP, there's not a lot of low-hanging fruit for a bear to feast on.

— Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 July 2026

Definition of deficit

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