insufficience

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insufficience
Noun
  • Most people get a sufficient amount of this key vitamin through their diets alone—biotin can be found in beef liver and eggs, and for those without a biotin deficiency, biotin is unlikely to help.
    Brianna Peters, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Folate deficiency in a mother increases the risk of neural tube defects including spina bifida, but the link to autism is unclear.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • And the noticeable dips also don’t come for the generations of players who would be expecting to play their peak years for England during wartime either — note the lack of games in the 1940s in the earlier graph.
    Michael Cox, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The lack of winning has been exactly the problem during the Chuba years at Carolina.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He was diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency, a common vein condition, the White House said in July, after photos showed visible swelling in his legs and bruising on his right hand.
    Charles Trepany, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Twenty-four years later, the shape of this new work of fiction highlights both the insufficiency of memory, of story, and their utter necessity.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Before that season the Dolphins defense has produced 40 or more sacks every season since 2020, and that should be the baseline of what’s expected from this defensive front, which is supposed to mask the shortcomings in the secondary, which received a total makeover this offseason.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The only initially noticeable shortcoming is a lack of buttons and dials for climate controls.
    Mark Phelan, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While Levine Cava said her administration closed a $402 million gap at the start of the budget process, forecasts show future shortfalls peaking at $250 million in 2030.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • It is also located in a state that is facing a budget shortfall of $20 billion out of a total of just over $200 billion, with long-term fiscal problems and politics that stand in the way of solutions.
    Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Seeking punishment for a pre-existing (probably Oedipal) feeling of shame and inadequacy, some of the incarcerated seek a reality that fits their self-identity.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • That's just there to mask the inadequacy.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There are no hard and fast rules regarding the frequency of sweeping, as the floor care needs of each home depend on several different factors.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • European officials, by contrast, have consistently emphasized the need to ratchet up sanctions pressure.
    Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Both levels are far above EU rules demanding that individual members’ deficits should not exceed 3% of GDP, while their public debt should not surpass 60% of economic output.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, with 76 wins, the Mets face a seemingly insurmountable seven-game deficit to the Phillies, and currently cling to the NL's final Wild Card berth by just four games over the Cincinnati Reds.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Insufficience.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insufficience. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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