insufficiencyn.

/ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/

Etymology: < late Latin insufficientia (Tertullian), noun of quality < insufficientem : see insufficient adj. and -ency suffix.

The quality or condition of being insufficient.

†1.

a. Of a person: Inability to fulfil requirements; unfitness, incapacity, incompetence. Obsolete or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > for what is required > personal

insuffisancec1400

insufficiencea1464

unsuffisance1483

insufficienta1513

insufficiency1526

insufficientnessc1585

incompetencea1716

inadequacy1817

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aii^v Ascribe it..to my insufficiency and ignoraunce.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxi. 66 His aptnes or insufficiencie otherwise then by reading to instruct the flocke.

1624 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 391 We present Maister Wylleam Borrowes, Vsher of the Free Scoole, for his insuficientie.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xiii. 80 His Lady is always accusing herself to me of Awkwardness and Insufficiency; but not a Soul who sees her, can find it out.

1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 7 When he appeared as a candidate for the degree of Batchelor of Arts, he was set aside on account of insufficiency.

1767 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 211 The office he bears with the utmost discredit to himself, and with equal disgrace and insufficiency to the public.

b. with plural. An example of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > for what is required > personal > example of

insufficiency1756

incompetency1871

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Pref. It will enable the public to detect their insufficiencies.

1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 15 A due sense of his own faults and insufficiencies.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cx. 173 I, who gaze with temperate eyes On glorious insufficiencies, Set light by narrower perfectness.

2. Of a thing: Deficiency in effectiveness, force, quality, or amount; inadequacy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun]

unsuffisant1387

over-little?a1400

non-suffisantee1425

unsufficience1445

insufficience1486

insufficiency1531

faintness1543

non-sufficiency1584

non-sufficience1598

incompetence1663

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming

wanec888

waningc1320

brist1340

insufficience1486

insufficiency1531

want1553

deficiency1664

shortcominga1687

shortfall1895

1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. i. sig. Ai^v The wordes, publike and commune, which be borowed of the latin tonge for the insufficiencie of our owne langage.

1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 135 For the insufficiencie of the plea Mr. Brome did taxe costes at 20^s.

1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. x. 254 He now felt the insufficiency of his own resources.

1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. i. 12 There is an insufficiency of data.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xiii. 296 These experiments..prove the insufficiency of the theory.

3. Physical incapacity or impotence; inability of a bodily organ to do its work. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > physical incapacity

disableness1598

insufficiency1714

1714 R. Steele Lover No. 40 (1723) 227 The Marriage afterwards being declared Null, by Reason of his Insufficiency.

1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 334 The existence of so-called relative insufficiency of the valves.

1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Insufficiency,..inability to perform normal work. Usually applied to imperfect action of the valves of the heart.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 555 According to this view the nervous and insufficiency theories are combined.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	insufficiency
释义	insufficiencyn. /ɪnsəˈfɪʃənsi/ Etymology: < late Latin insufficientia (Tertullian), noun of quality < insufficientem : see insufficient adj. and -ency suffix. The quality or condition of being insufficient. †1. a. Of a person: Inability to fulfil requirements; unfitness, incapacity, incompetence. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > for what is required > personal insuffisancec1400 insufficiencea1464 unsuffisance1483 insufficienta1513 insufficiency1526 insufficientnessc1585 incompetencea1716 inadequacy1817 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection Pref. sig. Aii^v Ascribe it..to my insufficiency and ignoraunce. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. xxxi. 66 His aptnes or insufficiencie otherwise then by reading to instruct the flocke. 1624 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 391 We present Maister Wylleam Borrowes, Vsher of the Free Scoole, for his insuficientie. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. xiii. 80 His Lady is always accusing herself to me of Awkwardness and Insufficiency; but not a Soul who sees her, can find it out. 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 7 When he appeared as a candidate for the degree of Batchelor of Arts, he was set aside on account of insufficiency. 1767 J. Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 211 The office he bears with the utmost discredit to himself, and with equal disgrace and insufficiency to the public. b. with plural. An example of this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > for what is required > personal > example of insufficiency1756 incompetency1871 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. Pref. It will enable the public to detect their insufficiencies. 1773 H. Chapone Lett. Improvem. Mind II. 15 A due sense of his own faults and insufficiencies. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam cx. 173 I, who gaze with temperate eyes On glorious insufficiencies, Set light by narrower perfectness. View more context for this quotation 2. Of a thing: Deficiency in effectiveness, force, quality, or amount; inadequacy. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [noun] unsuffisant1387 over-little?a1400 non-suffisantee1425 unsufficience1445 insufficience1486 insufficiency1531 faintness1543 non-sufficiency1584 non-sufficience1598 incompetence1663 the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > want or shortcoming wanec888 waningc1320 brist1340 insufficience1486 insufficiency1531 want1553 deficiency1664 shortcominga1687 shortfall1895 1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour i. i. sig. Ai^v The wordes, publike and commune, which be borowed of the latin tonge for the insufficiencie of our owne langage. 1632 in S. R. Gardiner Rep. Cases Star Chamber & High Comm. (1886) 135 For the insufficiencie of the plea Mr. Brome did taxe costes at 20^s. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V III. x. 254 He now felt the insufficiency of his own resources. 1814 T. Chalmers Evid. Christian Revel. i. 12 There is an insufficiency of data. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. xiii. 296 These experiments..prove the insufficiency of the theory. 3. Physical incapacity or impotence; inability of a bodily organ to do its work. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > physical incapacity disableness1598 insufficiency1714 1714 R. Steele Lover No. 40 (1723) 227 The Marriage afterwards being declared Null, by Reason of his Insufficiency. 1881 A. Flint Treat. Princ. Med. (ed. 5) 334 The existence of so-called relative insufficiency of the valves. 1886 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Insufficiency,..inability to perform normal work. Usually applied to imperfect action of the valves of the heart. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. IV. 555 According to this view the nervous and insufficiency theories are combined. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1526
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