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insufficiency (n.)

1520s, from Old French insufficience and directly from Late Latin insufficientia "insufficience," abstract noun from insufficientem "insufficient" (see insufficient). Insufficience "deficiency" is from early 15c.

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Definitions of insufficiency from WordNet

insufficiency (n.)
a lack of competence;
Synonyms: inadequacy
insufficiency (n.)
(pathology) inability of a bodily part or organ to function normally;
insufficiency (n.)
lack of an adequate quantity or number;
Synonyms: inadequacy / deficiency
From wordnet.princeton.edu