insufficiency 3
noundomain: property
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
lack of an adequate quantity or number
Examples
- 1.the inadequacy of unemployment benefits
Hypernym
amount 2
noun
the relative magnitude of something with reference to a criterion
EnglishAntonym
sufficiency 3
noun
the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
Derivationally related form
insufficient 1
adjective
of a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement
Hyponym
meagerness 1
noun
the quality of being meager
deficit 1
noun
the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
scarcity 1
noun
a small and inadequate amount
slenderness 1
noun
the quality of being slight or inadequate
an effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
