INSUFFICIENCE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

insufficience

noun

Definition of insufficience

as in deficiency

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Noun

The coaster’s most recent inspection, on March 16, reported no violations, deficiencies, citations or red tags, according to King.

— Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
Other diseases that cause similar symptoms and findings include lupus, Lyme disease, fibromyalgia, vitamin B12 deficiency, and less common conditions like neuromyelitis optica and MOG antibody disease.

— Lindsay Karp, STAT, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of deficiency

Noun

One small disappointment was the lack of access to the loft in my deluxe studio, tucked so high under the shed roof that it was deemed unsafe to allow guests access by ladder.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Oct. 2026
Development within the rural boundary is limited to one home per five acres or one home per 10 acres, primarily because of the lack of water and sewer lines.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of lack

Noun

Stoughton broadly recommends any kind of standing water activity for anyone looking to avoid vein issues or even counteract early-stage venous insufficiency.

— Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026
Products like Creon, Zenpep, Pancreaze, Pertzye, Ultresa and Viokace are typically prescribed for exocrine pancreatic insufficiency, a condition in which the body does not produce enough enzymes on its own.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of insufficiency

Noun

Conversations with my replacement confirmed that local physicians were frustrated with Theranos over these shortcomings and communicating with our laboratory about them.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
For residents, the reservoir nonetheless remains a painfully visible symbol of the city’s shortcomings.

— Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of shortcoming

Noun

The agency faces an approaching bankruptcy date if a funding shortfall is not addressed by Congress.

— Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026
Refineries have been running close to capacity to make up for shortfalls, shipping has been taking different and longer routes, and releases from strategic and commercial reserves are helping to bridge supply gap.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of shortfall

Noun

The demand has nonetheless persisted, exposing for countries in question the inadequacy of indefinitely postponing reparations through diplomatic language.

— Brooke N. Newman, The Conversation, 29 Oct. 2026
They are confined to their bodies, rife with their many flaws and inadequacies.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of inadequacy

Noun

Both the Hesburgh Commission report in the early 1980s and the Jordan Commission report in the late 1990s emphasized the need for civic and social assimilation of immigrants.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2026
This eliminated the need to insert a key into an ignition lock entirely.

— Alison J. Stein, HubSpot, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of need

Noun

Layoffs, furloughs or a spending freeze may all be back on the table in January as the next school board inherits a district with billions of dollars in long-term debt that only this summer closed a $732 million deficit.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
DeBrusk breathed new life into Rogers Arena with just over 10 minutes left, blasting a point shot to cut Vancouver’s deficit to a single goal.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of deficit

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