insufficiency

1. A lack of competence (synset 114487055)
   "pointed out the insufficiencies in my report"; "juvenile offenses often reflect an inadequacy in the parents"
   is a type of: failing, weakness - a flaw or weak point
   same as: inadequacy
2. (pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally (synset 114136953)
   referred to in: pathology - the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
   is a type of: inability, unfitness - lacking the power to perform
   subtypes: cardiac insufficiency, coronary insufficiency - inadequate blood flow to the heart muscles; can cause angina pectoris
3. Lack of an adequate quantity or number (synset 105120433)
   "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"
   is a type of: amount - the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
   subtypes:

   • exiguity, leanness, meagerness, meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness - the quality of being meager
   • deficit, shortage, shortfall - the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
   • scarceness, scarcity - a small and inadequate amount
   • slenderness - the quality of being slight or inadequate
   same as: deficiency, inadequacy

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