INSUFFICIENCIES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

insufficiencies

noun

plural of insufficiency

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 The statement, however, does note some insufficiencies occurred on the part of its board. — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 19 May 2026 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. — 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

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Noun

The attacks have brought shortages for ordinary Russians, but the assaults haven’t been as deadly for Russian civilians as the attacks on Ukrainians are.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
However, some experts see higher water rates as a different part of the solution to shortages.

— Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of shortages

Noun

Long used in commercial kitchens for sinks and countertops, steel sinks contain chromium that provides corrosion-resistance and nickel that adds the brightness pure steel lacks.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 19 July 2026
The Anaheim Ducks, at least, had a lot of pace and tempo to help make up for what Carlson’s skating lacks at this point in his career.

— Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of lacks

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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
Connecting the Orioles’ fielding inadequacies in the majors directly to their lack of attention to defense in the minors would be a stretch; Rutschman, Henderson and Cowser all came up through their system.

— Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 18 June 2026

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