- (n.) The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
- (n.) Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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