Insufficiency Meaning
/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe lack of sufficiency: a shortage, the state of having or being not enough (of something).
Sentence Examples
The drought led to an insufficiency of food.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The project failed due to the ____ of necessary resources.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The crop failure was caused by an ____ of rainfall during the critical growing season in spring.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sufficiency English insufficiency From in- + sufficiency.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"She may crowd her days with gaiety, variety, and what are called amusements; she will do so only to find their insufficiency."
— 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Chapter XXI. Lady Marchmont’s Journal.”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 160:
"On a recent trip down the Rhine many of the trains we saw were still steam-hauled, presumably through an insufficiency of electric locomotives, as yet, to deal with peak summer traffic."
— 1962 October, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: Rhine right-bank line re-signalling”, in Modern Railways, page 276:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The project failed due to the ____ of necessary resources.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The crop failure was caused by an ____ of rainfall during the critical growing season in spring.