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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