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insufficiency

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of insufficiency

1 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

Synonyms of insufficiency

crunch, dearth, deficiency, deficit, drought (also drouth), failure, famine, inadequacy, inadequateness, lack, lacuna, paucity, pinch, poverty, scantiness, scarceness, scarcity, shortage, undersupply, want

Words Related to insufficiency

absence, omission

meagerness, poorness, skimpiness

necessity, need, privation

Near Antonyms of insufficiency

bountifulness, copiousness

excess, overabundance, oversupply, surfeit, surplus

Antonyms of insufficiency

abundance, adequacy, amplitude, opulence, plenitude, plenty, sufficiency, wealth

2 the lack of sufficient ability, power, or means

her alleged insufficiency for the job

Synonyms of insufficiency

impotence, inability, inadequacy, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, ineptitude, powerlessness

Words Related to insufficiency

disqualification, inaptitude

ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, inefficiency

Near Antonyms of insufficiency

aptitude, bent, endowment, flair, genius, gift, knack, talent

effectiveness, effectualness, efficaciousness, efficiency

fitness, suitability, suitableness

potency, power, puissance, sinew, strength

Antonyms of insufficiency

ability, adequacy, capability, capacity, competence, competency, potency

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