According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
INSUFFICIENCY
insufficiency, inadequacy, deficiency
(noun) lack of an adequate quantity or number; “the inadequacy of unemployment benefits”
insufficiency
(noun) (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally
insufficiency, inadequacy
(noun) a lack of competence; “pointed out the insufficiencies in my report”; “juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
insufficiency (plural insufficiencies)
The lack of sufficiency; a shortage or inadequacy.
Synonym: unsufficiency (obsolete)
Source: Wiktionary
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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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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