as in shortages
a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number
dealt with the school's insufficiency of art supplies by buying materials out of her own pocket
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Recent Examples of insufficiencies
That’s double the 2019 level when insufficiencies first soared due to Trump’s first-term tariffs under Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act.
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Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Food insufficiencies dropped by 42%, and financial insufficiencies dropped by 43% in households with children.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
French officials and the Louvre Museum have come under international fire in the days and weeks after the heist for security insufficiencies that allowed thieves to steal priceless artifacts in broad daylight.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Where to Start To solve the insufficiencies found within conventional site assessment methodologies, POWER Engineers, Member of WSP, designed a transformative threat assessment tool called Meerkat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
Lori Ann Larocco, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2026
Food insufficiencies dropped by 42%, and financial insufficiencies dropped by 43% in households with children.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
French officials and the Louvre Museum have come under international fire in the days and weeks after the heist for security insufficiencies that allowed thieves to steal priceless artifacts in broad daylight.
—Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 2 Nov. 2025
Where to Start To solve the insufficiencies found within conventional site assessment methodologies, POWER Engineers, Member of WSP, designed a transformative threat assessment tool called Meerkat.
—IEEE Spectrum, 23 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insufficiencies
Noun
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Because of the war, petroleum shortages have led to jacked up prices at the gas pump, and that has grabbed everyone’s attention.—
Dave Trecker,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 Apr. 2026
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California’s housing prices, shortages and challenges are the result of decades of overreach at all levels of state and local government.—
Eliza Terziev,
Oc Register,
19 Apr. 2026
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Cinch doesn't have many add-on options available, which means customization lacks.—
Caroline Ernst,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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As of Wednesday, firearms dealers are required under state law to use scanners that pull the prospective purchaser’s name, date of birth and other details from the card’s magnetic strip, which the new design lacks — except if they are authorized otherwise.—
Madison Smalstig,
Sacbee.com,
25 Feb. 2026
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The war also revealed deficiencies in Russia’s conventional ground and air forces.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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An inspector also noted physical deficiencies like equipment in need of repair.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Apr. 2026
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The Lamont administration invited to the signing ceremony Hammersley and others who have been critical of Connecticut’s longstanding inadequacies in education funding, which have been the subject of litigation over decades, as well as the current governor’s fiscal moderation.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
17 Apr. 2026
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Any nook and cranny across the building becomes a storage space — the number of issues with the current space at this point is a scroll of inadequacies, many city employees said.—
Elliot Mann,
Twin Cities,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Insufficiencies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insufficiencies. Accessed 26 Apr. 2026.
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