insufficiencynoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˌɪn.səˈfɪʃ.ən.si//ˌɪn.səˈfɪʃ.ən.si/the fact of not being enough:
Sometimes we blame all our problems on an insufficiency of money.
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Scarce, inadequate and not enough
- be at a premium idiom
- be thin on the ground idiom
- dearth
- deficiency
- deficient
- gold dust
- late
- long on sth and short on sth idiom
- lousy
- meagre
- measly
- mingy
- nearly
- rare
- scarcity
- shortage
- shortfall
- sparse
- supply
- thin
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specialized medical the fact of an organ or body part being unable to work normally or effectively:
Pancreatic insufficiency is associated with excess fat in stool.
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Not fit & healthy
- critical list
- crook
- danger list
- dehydrated
- emaciated
- far gone
- frailty
- groggy
- ill
- infirm
- infirmity
- knock
- not agree with sb idiom
- off-colour
- organic
- relapse
- shadow
- starved
- unhealthy
- worn
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