As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
INSUFFICIENCIES
Noun
insufficiencies
plural of insufficiency
Source: Wiktionary
INSUFFICIENCY
In`suf*fi"cien*cy, n. Etym: [L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See Insufficient.]
1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc. The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. Hooker.
2. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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