INSUFFICIENCY

insufficiency. Insufficiency, n. inability, incapacity

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In′suf‐fi″cien‐cy (?), n. [[L. insufficientia: cf. F. insuffisance, whence OE. insuffisance. See Insufficient.]] 1. 1. The quality or state of being insufficient; want of sufficiency; deficiency; inadequateness; as, the insufficiency of provisions, of an excuse, etc.
The insufficiency of the light of nature is, by the light of Scripture, . . . fully supplied. Hooker. 2. 2. Want of power or skill; inability; incapacity; incompetency; as, the insufficiency of a man for an office.