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insufficiences

noun

plural of insufficience
as in needs

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  1. needs
  2. deficiencies
  3. lacks
  4. shortcomings
  5. inadequacies
  6. deficits
  7. shortfalls
  8. imperfections
Noun
  • While intended to shield ordinary consumers and blunt public backlash, the move significantly increases operational costs for data centers, further driving up project financing needs.
    — , CNBC, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The fulfillment of basic needs also factors into recovery, the authors added, as do enhancements or improvements in social support, spirituality, physical and mental health, and other aspects of well-being.
    — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of needs
Noun
  • Ridges can form due to common deficiencies (like zinc or iron), or due to natural aging.
    — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 18 Sep. 2026
  • That may involve doing lab work to look for things like anemia, nutritional deficiencies, or thyroid dysfunction.
    — Korin Miller, Allure, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of deficiencies
Noun
  • Tasked with shepherding his major stars through bombastic performances, Fern’s directing lacks focus.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
  • While Verse and Alex Wright will man the edges and Denzel Ward remains an elite anchor in the secondary, the front seven lacks proven game-disrupting star power, leaving the defense reliant on scheme and discipline to hold up.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of lacks
Noun
  • While her own family has never stepped foot in Taiwan, Lily holds onto the belief that perfecting her Mandarin will finally reconcile the shortcomings of being a diaspora kid.
    — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Ultimately, neither of these design shortcomings outweigh the appliance's convenience.
    — Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of shortcomings
Noun
  • Anna, the film suggests, admires her husband warts and all, perhaps because there’s an enticing authenticity in all his inadequacies and brutish ways.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of inadequacies
Noun
  • Corbin Carroll hit a two-run walk-off homer with one out in the ninth inning for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who overcame two three-run deficits to beat the Miami Marlins 8-7 on Monday in Phoenix.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, budget deficits are running at about twice that level – even though unemployment is low and the White House argues the economy is on fire.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of deficits
Noun
  • One was a report that said MISO was simply at risk of having low generating reserves, which are typically deployed during unexpected shortfalls.
    — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
  • However, the structure of the deal means the team would be responsible for any shortfalls.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of shortfalls
Noun
  • This collection does not beautify quotidian messiness but shows us how love celebrates our imperfections.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Every interaction becomes a hurdle for Arash, if only because the imperfections of life in modern Iran reinforce the sensation of being truly alive, in all its rankling complexity.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of imperfections
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